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Munich Day 11

July 15, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Well, dear readers, this is our very last day in Germany so sad. for two reasons. One of them because it was the end of the holiday, the other I had a horrible cold.

While waiting for Hartmut to pick us up to take us to the station, as luck would have it there was a festival happening in Oberhacking.

Due to my cold, we found a coffee shop and dozed a while. Sometimes I watched the festivities and sometimes drank latte macchiato. A pleasant way to spend the morning.

However as the morning went on, I felt up to a little wander around

Sadly we had to make your way back to the hotel. It was time to go home.

So back at the hotel, time for one last photo before Hatmut takes us to the station.

All to soon we were at the station.

And although there was a bit up delay. All to soon…

And we were back in Blighty.

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Munich Day 10

July 15, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Well, dear readers, our holiday is nearly over. I have a cold but this is our last full day and we must make the most of it. Today we will go to the Tollwood festival at the Olympic with Hartmut.

But first, we popped into town, a short walk, dear readers, to get me something for my cough.

Luckily our hotel was signed posted so no getting lost and being late for meeting Hartmut back at the hotel.

However, before we move on I should mention the hotel. It was clean and efficient. The food is good as long as you like what I describe as a german breakfast. Salami, cheese, bread, coffee and orange /mango juice.

Thus dears readers after a hearty breakfast we were ready for the day

We also met Crystal Hartmut’s wife. Thet invited us to brunch and we had aa pleasant hour or so talking about things. Brexit cropped up and everyone agreed that Nigel Farage was a plausible asshole.

The sun was shining when we started the journey however by the time we got to the Olympic Park.

Although 70 years old Hartmut puts us to shame and runs up the bridge pillar to find the best place to escape the rain!

Once the rain had disappeared we wandered around the stalls and had a few beers

Here is Sammy hiding from the rain.

Near one of the stalls we visited.

Soon it was time to go and navigate our way to Hartmut’s play the Orient Connection at Mohr Villa.

But first food!

So onto the play. We arrived just in time and although it was in German, it was Hartmut promised, easy to follow. Two different types of people learning to live together. Very relevant for the times we live in.

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Munich Day 9

July 13, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Well, dear readers today we went to Wallberg Mountains and Tegernsee Lake. A wonderful experience of beautiful views, cows and boat trip.

Hartmut was in good form telling various stories and asking questions as he drove along.

After checking the boat times and cable car lift times he announced that if we are up for it it can go to the mountains and have a boat trip. This seemed excellent to us. And so dear readers the adventure begins.

As you can see the cable cars were very small so I don’t know if they would catch on in England.

So up we went dear readers higher and higher. I think Hartmut said it was about 1500 metres high. By this time I was cursing myself that I did not have a coat. The higher you go, dear readers, the colder it is!

The view was worth the wait, Sweeping mountains on one side, a beautiful lake on the other and then there were the cows. Ah the cows

And so to lunch dear readers but first sail around the lake where we saw the exclusive hotels and boy did they look exclusive,

Next was lunch which was at the place where the monks used to be. Here are Sue and Sammy waiting for Hartmut to get the car afterwards.

After Hartmut dropped us off I had a snooze to recover from my cold. I must admit I slept for a couple of hours while Sue and Sammi went for a walk around town. Finally, we had dinner at the Greek restaurant in Disesonhoffen and called it a night.

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Munich Day 8

July 12, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Today dear readers we visited the Deutsches Museum which is worth a visit and we did not meet Hartmut.

Sammy while we phone Hartmut

Hartmut dear readers is a wonderful chap, my cousin he is a fun outgoing kinda guy. Speaks perfect English and was a manager in Seimens, quite high up too. But he retired in his fifties and has become a part-time actor while helping to look after his 5 grandchildren. And that was why he could not meet us today. He had to look after his grandchildren with the help of his wife.

So change of plans after breakfast and a coffee. We went back to Munich by train

Once inside we had some lunch. At the Deutsche Museum, there is huge forecourt and places to eat. This clock caught my eye as we ate pizza for lunch.

We wandered around a lot, saw the Mathematics section, weather section computing section and an exhibition about coffee.

Mother seemed quite happy pottering around trying different things out.

Here is Sammy next to a very old computer it is probably older than me

A Siemens computer. Remains me of work

One for Paul Peverall, this one!

And finally, the coffee exhibition, just as I need one!

An old fashioned coffee pot!

Finally, we left and had dinner in a famous Munich restaurant. Mum discovered Weissbeir shandy Unfortunately I don’t have a picture of that so I post a picture of us having lunch in an Italian restaurant in Deisonhoffen.

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Munich Day 7

July 12, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Well, dear reader its time to leave the apartment so lots of packing. Very sad to go but its time. Off to Diesehoven, we go. Although we do come back again to see the Chinese Tower in the beer garden in the English Gardens.

The train journey to Deisenhoffen was uneventful. Once there we dumped our bags at the only hotel in town. Luckily Sue had booked.

And here is the Chinese tower just by the beer garden. There was a band which playing Omp Paa Paa. And very nice it was too.

So we sat in the beer garden and drank beer and read our books

Waiting for the beer. And lastly a few more pictures.

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Munich Day 6

July 11, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

So dear readers what are we going to do today Well we have to cope with a german strike on the tube and visit the BMW museum and the Olympic Park

So we have to fight through the traffic today, due to a German tube strike. A journey that should have taken 20 minutes took over an hour. But we did it.

However, I nearly was run over by the tram although no one noticed

However, we made it to the museum and the fun begins.

First, we learnt that BMW made aircraft then cars and are looking to make electric cars in the future.

And they do motorcycles too!

And so readers to the last stop of the day to the Olympic Park. West Germany held the games in 1972. The park is now mature and green. I could have spent ages just sitting in it. However, we ended up going to the top of the tower. And saw some fabulous views. Check it out below folks!

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Munich Day 5

July 9, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Well, dear readers, we are getting a little holiday weary, but have not had enough yet as work does not see an appealing prospect. Today

  • Sammy put the washing machine on
  • Father realised that 3 shirts were not enough for a 2 week holiday
  • Mother fell down a manhole,

Ok, that last sentence was added for dramatic effect and is incorrect. What did the family do on day 5

First we went to Marion platz by tube to see an old clock go bong.

Figures moved as we all held our mobile phones to the sky

Figures moved as we all held our mobile phones to the sky

What next we cried ‘off to the old town’ came the reply.

Before we visited the old town we saw the Devils stamp. Someone made a pack with the devil. Reneged on and the devil stamped his foot.

After wondering around for a little while we thought we would try some food and beer at the famous hofbrauhaus.

Then after buying some postcard the day was done.

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Munich Day 4

July 7, 2019 by admin 1 Comment

Well dear readers you are probably wondering what is happening day. Back to more, lets say joyous moments of the holiday. Today

  • Sue has problems paying for an underground ticket
  • We queue for coffee only to go somewhere else
  • Sam views some art
  • And I get fat-shamed in a lift
  • And amazingly we saw two museums in a day.
outside museum

So dear readers after a short bus ride and a long walk we got to our destination. The Museum Brandhorst is a large modern building and for a rainy day is just what we wanted. Superb value for money one euro each.

As wiki says the Brandhorst Museum was opened in Munich on 21 May 2009. It displays about 200 exhibits from collection of modern art of the heirs of the Henkel trust Udo Fritz-Hermann and Anette Brandhorst. In 2009 the Brandhorst Collection comprises more than 700 works.

Wikipedia

While we were there they were displaying the Forever Young Exhibition. It had over 1200 pieces of work by Andy Warhol and Cy Twombly. Although I thought some of the exhibits were by Damien Hirst

Now dear readers you may of heard of Andy Warhol but Cy Twombly? Apparently Cy Twombly is an american painter sculptor and photographer. Apparently he belonged in the era of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Whoever they were.

Andy Warhol, on the other hand is much more famous. Here’s what wiki has to say about him.

Andy Warhol was an American artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening

Wikipeda

We finally got to see some Damien Hirst artwork. See here famous dots picture

Well dear reader that would of been enough for one day, but we we eager to continue onward and upwards..

So first we visited a space ship which just so happened was on the lawn between the two museums

So for the princely sum of 1 euro we visited the Die Neue Sammlung. And I can here the reader cry out what is this wondrous museum. Well dear reader lets ask wiki!

Die Neue Sammlung is one of the leading design museums in the world, with the largest collection of industrial and product design. Established around 100 years ago, Die Neue Sammlung is considered the world’s oldest design museum – regarded as such long before the word design acquired this meaning. 

Wikipeda

And so dear reader the end of the day is near. I hope you have enjoyed my little memorial of time and space.

Lastly we wandered down a few streets and finally settled on

A little quaint restaurant called cafe Altschwabing where i had my lamb cutlets.

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Munich Day 3

July 7, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Well dear readers Here we are day3. Today we went to Dachau. The name invokes for many horrors and nightmare glimpse of what the world could of become the world over if to disagreed with the patry line.

As soon as I see the name I think of a nazi concentration camp. I wonder what the people who live in Dachau think. They surely cannot think of their town like that.

For Joseph Platz its about an hour away by bus and train.

It was a a journey where i fell asleep. The buses and trains ran on time.

At the gate with the infamous saying ‘Work will make free’ Now an entrance to remembrance centre but remember to hundreds of thousands it was a start of a death sentence.

For lunch I tried non alcoholic HB weiss beer. Surprising nice and refreshing. I stuck with the traditional theme and hsd curry wurst. Then around the camp.

As we walked around it was obvious that the place was huge. However I just can’t image what 40,000 prisoners on this square would of looked like.

The memorial simple but true. NEVER AGAIN.

It can be seen that the living conditions were awful. How 40,000 lived with woeful sanitation go knows.

Almost like out of a film set here is watch tower. For fun officers threw prisioners caps into the no go zones and the prodioner would then have to get it. The guards in the tower would shoot them dead. Man’s capacity for evil is truly terrifying.

Memorial which is at the end of a large pathway. Strange how the birds don’t sing here.

Statue at the Cremouration

At the bottom of memorial site. I think we are all thankful that the day is nearly over.

Lastly Suee on the way home. In the end we did not go out for tea but had pizzas for dinner in the apartment. I’m glad we went went but it was a harrowing and draining day.

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Munich Day 2

July 6, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

It was hot very hot dear readers and today we braved the underground in Munich and went to a palace of sorts.

  • . I bought a hat
  • Sammy announced she was going to gay pride
  • And Sue ate some sausage salad

The palace in question was called the Munich Residence. A rambling museum which was split into three parts. The first was where lots of gold silver trinkets were shown through the ages. The second was rooms where lots of important people lived and third a theatre of some sort.

But first dear reader we have to negotiate the underground. First the ticket machine dear reader. much easier when you select the English

Then the underground itself.

Confirmation of way we are!

Eventually we get to the Munich Residence.

So to the first part full of little treasures

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