The day started with a tour of the city with the students from the university. We boarded our bus and a local tour guide joined us to show us Munich. There are so many places to visit. It was nice to get a quick (2 hour) overview of sites.
In the afternoon we had free time to do whatever we wanted. We chose first to visit the Deutsches Museum. It is a huge place of science and technology. There are a few interactive things, but mostly just things to look at and read about. Thankfully, there were English explanations at most exhibits.
Today there was a big celebration going on on the bridges of the city. It is to commemorate when the king tore down the bridge to build a new one because the old one belonged to the Bishop. I can't even remember what year that happened....Regardless, there were live performances of music and lots of booths selling food and trinkets. And LOTS of people! We wandered for a while, then took the streetcar to revisit some sites from earlier today.
Our first stop was to a cool fountain that is in a circle. You can activate a sensor so the water stops spraying in a section so you can get inside.
We walked down the street to the buildings the king had built because he loved Italy so much. He visited 25 times (in the days before trains or other good transportation the trip was very long.) So he decided to just build replicas of some of his favorite buildings in Rome so he could see them whenever he wanted. Our guide this morning told us that this is what the royalty did...They had all the money they needed because of the heavy taxes imposed on the people, they didn't work because they were royalty, so they designed and built castles, palaces, churches, and replicas for their enjoyment.
Nearby the "Italian" buildings is the building that housed Hitler's office in Munich. Notice dad pointing to the window of the office.
We took another streetcar to get to the Bavarian Motor Works headquarters. There is a museum but it had closed already so Matt posed with the car he hopes dad will buy him :)
Across the road from BMW is the Olympic Stadium and Park. Things were closed here too so we just wandered for a while. Then we saw a sign pointing us to the train. We walked and walked and walked and walked. No sign of a train station. Finally we took another streetcar back to our hotel.
A fun day. We plan to come back here after Jill joins us next week. There is so much to see here.
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I am really jealous of Jill now. If Dad gets Matt that car, can I have one too?
I am trying post regularly too, thanks for posting.
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Really he was very excited to see Ga, Matt and Papa in the photos. He also likes the car.
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He wanted to know what Papa was doing in the fountain.
Looks awesome! And Matt is smiling sometimes. No one got hurt at broom ball. You're missed in the ward.
Oh.. And if you upload pictures before typing it makes things a lot easier. It took me a while to learn that trick.
I thought Dad was pointing to the window of his apartment on his mission. Imagine my surprize to read the explination! And I love the look on Matt's face with the car. Will his say "clean energy" all over it, too?
My question is the same as Beebe's - does Matt want Clean Energy painted on the side? Because I think it's a little dumb looking.
Mom, is there some way I can call you?
emily- that is the hydrogen car, an no there is no way that you can call me, but you can email
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