Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Chapter 3 - Munich in Pictures

Day 5 - June 13th, 2015

Sadly, our time in Munich has come to an end and it's time to grab an AirBerlin flight to Berlin. Munich has been fantastic. No one we know could tell us much about it before we arrived but the city, especially the old central part has an amazing vibe.

People seem to take precedence over traffic and there are wide pedestrian-only streets everywhere. The locals stroll about shopping and eating and drinking well into the night and it just comes across as warm and friendly. There is music aplenty, political rallies and student love-ins. What more could you want? Some photos follow....


BMW Museum

The BMW World Exhibition and Museum is great. We tried to get to do a factory tour - booked out for the next 10 weeks! Still, the museum is really interesting.
Anne on a big BMW bike
















A slightly older Beemer


Phil in front of a similar model BMW that Mum once owned.
The Nymphemburg Palace
Shades of Versaille anyone??
Out the front of the lake that leads to the palace
Two shots of the interior - plain isn't it!

































Looking out to the gardens
Anne on one of the boulevards
















Thirsty work this sightseeing!

















Deutsches Museum, Munich

This museum is amazing..apparently one of the best technological museums in the world. We rate it just behind the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
Kids watching an automatic machine that makes real miniature house bricks.















Anne checking out some of the aircraft on display
















Steam engines anyone?


















A German submarine





...and what's inside
The English Gardens
These are 'gardens' that are actually a huge 950 hectare woodland in the middle of Munich. In the centre is the Chinese Pagoda.
Phil dwarfed by the pagoda





















The Main Square
These main square in old Munich is Marienplatz, which is dominated by the Church of the Two Women and the Rathaus or town hall.
Two views of the Rathaus

















Students Orientation - University of Technology
We stumbled upon this outdoor music fair in the grounds of one of the museums - music food, beer and other funny things quite illegal in Aus. Naturally we were invited to join into MOST of the festivities.
Anne getting into the spirit of the thing.
Check out the bub in the foreground - really into the spirit of the beer and music.






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