Munich's the capital of the state of Bavaria, Germany. München actually means 'monks', and its colours of black and gold, the colors of the Holy Roman Empire, have been the city's colours since the time of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. No wonder you can find a catholic church along almost every street in town. Finding a church has never been easier, only problem is I can't understand, since mass is in german.
The central area within the city is called Marienplatz, named after the Marian column in centre of the square.
In the main picture above, you can see the view from the top of St Peter's spire. You can see the twin towers of Frauenkirche (the Cathedral) and the Town Hall steeple, irritatingly under renovation when i was there, hence the white sheets covering it.
Some of the things which I didn't particularly like about Munich is the fact that toilets are so hard to come by, even though there's this really high-class looking one below Marienplatz that costs 1euro per entry.. heh. When we first reach Munich, it was raining and raining for days on end, and the weather got really cold, esp the chilling wind, and our prof told us to bring summer wear! Terrible, freezing away at the start.. Also, I didn't particularly like the food there either. Don't quite understand how people can survive on bagette and croissant everyday of their lives. By the first week I was alr missing chee cheong fun and prata.. heh
On the other hand, I like how the whole place is so environmentally and pet-friendly. Every dustbin comes with 4 sections, one for glass, plastic, paper and anything else. And the whole time I was there.. I saw so many dogs! Huge ones, small ones, yet I hardly see any of em barking, so nice and tame, makes me one to adopt one. Pets are allowed into the trains and restaurants as well!
Other random pics!
The train system, v well planned I would say.. (no honestly I'm not being sarcastic :p)
. The golden path. During the Hitler's regime, people were forced to make the sign of the Nazis each time they cross this particular square, for those who didn't want to but needed to cross, they can actually make use of this 'hidden' way.
Other random pics
If we had gone during Octoberfest, would have seen a lot of people wearing costumes like these
River Isar
He can make robotic noise to accompany his movement, spray water from his fingers and holes in his body as he wills it.. totally cool
Old town hall
Victorian Market
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Christians doing evangelical work.. wa they really go all out man, sing and dance in the middle of the platz
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