I arrived in Munich (München) on Saturday evening and just about managed to get myself from the airport terminal to my hotel at the airport. Sunday I figured out which ticket I needed and how many times I had to validate it and I took the train U-bahn from the airport to the city centre and then up to my hotel - the Mercure Hotel München Schwabingn (for reference ALT+0508 is the short cut for the u with umlaut) on Leopoldstraße (ALT+0223, and no I wasn't just going to write a double 's'). I managed to get to the conference almost on time on the first day and enjoyed the whole thing. I actually attended every session so I get a gold star.
The hotel was a mile and a half from the conference hotel so unfortunately we had to walk through the sunshine in the park every day for half an hour. The Englischen Garten was created in 1789 and is 910 acres (one of the worlds largest public parks, according to wikipedia). It is lovely apart from the imminent risk of death by cyclist. On the artificial Eisbach stream there is a constant 1m high wave which is a popular thing to try and surf if you are experienced.
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| The English Garden |
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| The English Garden |
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| The conference hotel and the river Isar which has a curious ebb and swell like the sea, I'm not sure if this is a result of water from the gardens joining it. |
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| Sunny Munich |
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| One of the streams I had to cross over |
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| Ducklings |
On Wednesday evening we had a walking tour of the old town of Munich. This includes several shopping districts and a shrine to Michael Jackson among more interesting sights. Something like ninety percent of the Old Town was destroyed during the war; much has been rebuilt as it was or where nothing was left new things have been built.
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| These are real plants growing down because the light below is bright than the light above, in one of the city's shopping malls. |
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| Many building had ornate roofs |
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| This Madonna and child was just nestled on a building |
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| A model of Old Town |
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| The cathedral. Hastily repaired after the war they are now having to check every single brick to make sure they haven't retained water as a result of the wrong cement being used. A 20 year multi million euro project. |
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| The glockenspiel in the new town hall. Not playing when we saw it. |
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| This is one of the little characters |
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| The New Town Hall has some amazing gargoyles |
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| I have a soft spot for gargoyles |
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| New town hall at Marienplatz with the Mariensäule (Mary's column) |
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| A clock shop |
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| Holy Ghost Church (Heiliggeistkirche) |
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| St. Peter's Church. Containing a total mix of architecture of architectures and ideas about how to worship God; pre-Merovingian, Bavarian Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque. |
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| The maypole |
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| Dinner Wednesday: Sauerbraten (pot roasted meat in gravy) with cabage and a bread dumpling |
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| Dinner Thursday: Schweinshaxe "pigs knuckles" with bread dumpling |
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| A view of the surrounding area from the plane |
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