Alter Sudfriedhof Glyptothek Antiken Sammlung München Residenz Münchener Stadt Museum Bier und Oktoberfest Museum Weiße Rose Pavement The title being a combination of all the things I did today. The Alter Sudfriedhof (Old south cemetery) is a massive old cemetery bigger and better than the previous ones, though not as old. Had probaby thousands of … More Alterglyptantikenresidenzstadtbierose
The amazing Munich museum of technology. Spent hours in there after sleeping in a bit. It is a massive compound with so many wings and so many thousands of allllll things technological and siencey. Airplanes, jet engines, rockets, hundreds of musical instruments, cameras and film, computer engineering, space exploration and astronomy, boats, ships and maritime … More Das Detsche Museum
Today was the day, and one of the best days I’ve ever had. Die Wiesn, or Festwiesn as it is called by the locals, is absolutely incredible, the parties, foods, rides and atmosphere. Its origins as the wedding between Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese in October in 1810, unknown to many. Not a lot to … More Oktoberfest!
This will be another short one. Got up nice and early for a guided tour of the concentration camp Dachau. A few facts, it began as a munitions factory after WW1 and fell into disuse use. The Nazis came in 1933 and wanted to use it as a military base, and the mayor of the … More Dachau
Grüß Gott! That is how we Bavarians say good day. Pronounced as grewss goht. The long lost mystery has been solved the ß that isn’t a B is pronounced as an ‘sss’ sound, along with the ü sound being discovered. It means ‘God greets you, or may God greet you’. But then what about ä … More Welcome To Munich
Wrapped up my short time in Rothenburg today with more exploring and some shopping. Did the Christmas museum which displays thousands of ornaments and decorations, trees, cards, stories, history and displays old German versions of Christmas trees – Weihnachtspyramide (Christmas pyramid). Got a German dessert called a schneeball (snowball). It is just slices of a … More Munich
That is what Hitler called Bavaria’s medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. (Red castle on the Tauber; a river). It’s beauty has withstood 900 years of history and even mostly survived the second world war…by a little bit. Or maybe he called it that because the town was fervently supportive of the Nazi party. … More The Most German Of German Towns
Going to keep this one short. Planning trains and stays and lining up schedules on the ago is quite exhausting. Especially when a lot of guess work is involved. Started off the day going to the Palace of Justice, where all the captured leaders of the Nazi party were put on trial. Unfortunately the main … More The Weirdest Film Set Up I’ve Ever Seen.
An hour long walk nice and early…at 10am south east of the Reichsparteitagsgelände, have fun with that one. (The Nazi Party Rally Grounds) a huge 11 square km area tasked to top Nazi architect Albert Speer by Hitler to be developed into a huge rally ground and celebratory area for massive parties and demonstrations. With … More Really Old Things
Today I left Leipzig and entered the state of Bavaria, headed to Nuremberg (Nürnberg in German). My hotel being right on the line between average modern city and ancient medieval town is quite interesting. The ‘old town’ as they are often called remind you of the middle ages with castles, stone walls, and the famous … More A Trip Back In Time
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