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    • Day 13

      Asamkirche

      December 21, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F

      One of our favorite things to do when traveling is to visit historic churches. Within their architecture, beautiful biblical stories are told. But Asamkirche took it to a whole new level. Every single inch of this beautiful cathedral was covered in a story depicting a battle between good and evil. It was a small cathedral but was one of the favorite ones we have seen.Read more

    • Day 14

      Munich (city walk part 1)

      October 9, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F

      Once you get into the Old Town city center, Munich is pretty neat. Lots of interesting history (and biergartens), so you know I'm happy. Part two of the walk will commence tomorrow. Today's part included Marienplaz, the historic square, and Munich's oldest thoroughfare, as well as the Viktualienmarkt, a huge farmer's market type thing that's been a market center for centuries and today is basically subsidized so that the mom-and-pop shop stalls can afford to stick around. (I had to buy some produce there. And bratwurst.)Read more

    • Day 8

      Food chronicles continue: Mural

      December 16, 2023 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 2 °C

      Our second, and final, Michelin star restaurant of the trip: Mural. It is a cozy, artsy restaurant, seating around 10-12 tables, connected to the Munich museum of modern art.

      We arrive around 715 and of course start with some champagne. 🥂 We promptly lose any semblance of restraint and all cave to the additional truffle add-on course and a wine pairing each. Bringing us up to 7 courses.

      The meal:
      Amuse-bouche or as I like to call it the welcome small snacks. These had a lot of nicely pickled veggies.

      Followed by a light soup course, and the bread joining the table with the fluffiest butter you ever saw. The bread is always a dangerous game, so good but so so filling. We all take different strategies here.

      Our first actual course (of the 7) is the lake trout. Very nicely prepared, it almost resembles salmon sashimi.

      The next course is surprisingly one of my favorites of the whole meal, the onion dish. Individual onion leaves filled with an amazing balance cream/fennel/herbal sauce.

      At this point I'll note, we had many wines along the way but don't recall which went with which. That said, they gave us some really interesting whites - including one that tasted almost like a sour beer, and another that tasted and smelled like a dry sherry. So good!

      The carrots were Amiyah's favorite, earning high priase.

      Our bonus truffle course shows up around now and in a show of calm, we just get two to share. One on the raviolis filled with sweetbread (brains of some animal??) and one with gnocchi. Both delicious, who doesn't love truffles and pasta?

      I was very impressed with the level of approachability of the restaurant giving fine dining establishments can sometimes be very strict on coursing that everyone gets everything.

      Final mains include the pike perch, and pigeon. I loved the pigeon, which was wild so a bit tough but quiet good! This meal has been full of surprises!

      At this point we're about 3 hours into our meal and quickly approaching full. In a show of no-chill (a reoccurring pattern) we add on the cheese course 😅 it is Ams's favorite course and we rally to support her.

      The cheese comes at the very end after 2 other dessert courses. But all in all the meal turns out to be one of the most enjoyable and welcoming fine dining meals I've ever had. The pace was perfect, great atmosphere, and really reasonable portions and wine pours that leave us feeling very full but not miserably so.

      Just after midnight we take our leave and enjoy a quick walk home.
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    • Day 2

      Asamkirche

      September 8, 2020 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      "Die Asamkirche (offiziell St.-Johann-Nepomuk-Kirche) in der Sendlinger Straße in Münchens Altstadt wurde von 1733 bis 1746 von den Brüdern Asam (Cosmas Damian Asam und Egid Quirin Asam) errichtet. Sie gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Bauwerke der beiden Hauptvertreter des süddeutschen Spätbarocks. Die Asamkirche steht bereits an der Schwelle zum Rokoko, doch tritt hier die typische Leitform im Ornament, die Rocaille, noch nicht auf."

      (Quelle: www.wikipedia.de)
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    • Day 2

      Asamkirche

      May 20, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      "Die Asamkirche (offiziell St.-Johann-Nepomuk-Kirche) in der Sendlinger Straße in Münchens Altstadt wurde von 1733 bis 1746 von den Brüdern Asam (Cosmas Damian Asam und Egid Quirin Asam) errichtet. Sie gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Bauwerke der beiden Hauptvertreter des süddeutschen Spätbarocks. Die Asamkirche steht bereits an der Schwelle zum Rokoko, doch tritt hier die typische Leitform im Ornament, die Rocaille, noch nicht auf.

      Die Kirche sollte ursprünglich als Kapelle der inzwischen in München ansässigen Brüder Asam entstehen. Nachdem es Egid Quirin Asam zwischen 1729 und 1733 gelungen war, mehrere neben seinem Wohnhaus gelegene Grundstücke zu erwerben, errichtete er ab 1733 zusammen mit seinem Bruder Cosmas Damian dort die Kirche St. Johann Nepomuk. Die Grundsteinlegung erfolgte 1733 am Fest des heiligen Nepomuk durch Kurprinz Maximilian Joseph von Bayern; die noch unvollendete Kirche wurde am 1. Mai 1746 geweiht."

      (Quelle: www.wikipedia.de)
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