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    • Day 20

      München Altstadt, Eisbach 👍

      August 21, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      Dernière journée complète de vacances à München Altstadt (vieille ville) sous un soleil de plomb.

      Matinée : café chez Ricardt près de la cathédrale Frauenkirche, puis église St Michael, cathédrale, retour à la superbe Marienplatz, découverte intérieure de la mairie Rathaus qui fait toute la beauté de la place, puis Viktualienmarkt (marché des victuailles) effectivement très sympa avec ces grands kiosques en dur et toutes ses tables qui accueillent énormément de Munichois et touristes à longueur de journée.

      Pause déj dans la plus vieille brasserie de München : Hofbrau (HB) sous des voûtes très baroques, accompagnés d'un orchestre de musique bavaroise. Mention spéciale pour leurs Bretzel XL délicieux et leur Kaiserschmarrn caramélisé accompagné de compote de pommes. Pas de chope de bière Hofbrau en dessous d'1L. Mais il faisait très chaud, il fallait s'hydrater 😉😂 très bonne ambiance et service très sympa !

      Puis nous sommes passés voir la Residenz, résidence des monarques bavarois du 14e siècle au 20e siècle. Très déçus par l'aspect extérieur trop "sobre" presque caserne militaire d'autant plus qu'elle était en chantier au niveau de sa cour centrale.

      Nous avions trop chaud pour continuer à arpenter les rues en plein soleil avec 34 degrés et avons juste traversé la rue pour nous rendre dans le jardin de la Residenz : le Hofgarten et son joli pavillon /temple dédié à Diane.
      Il y faisait un poil plus frais mais encore très chaud, nous avons décidé d'un moment de pause dans les jardins de l'Englischer Garten attenant au bord de la rivière Isar pour y trouver un peu plus de fraîcheur. Et, tant qu'à faire, voir si nous pouvions y admirer les surfeurs de la vague Eisbach, un bras de l'Isar 😁
      Pas déçus 👍 autant la vague sur l'Eisbach en sortie de pont, que le nombre de surfeurs qui s'y entraînent également, attendant patiemment chacun leur tour, sont impressionnants. Le camion de pompier est présent en permanence ...
      Mais encore plus délirant et on a adoré, à quelques mètres, des Munichois en maillots de bain, qui se jettent de part et d'autre de la berge dans le courant de la rivière et se laissent emporter sur quelques mètres pour remonter quelques mètres plus loin, en pleine ville et cela semble une institution 👍😁

      Tom et Pierre-Louis s'y sont essayés, sans maillot de bain mais peu importe, ils y sont retournés et retournés, bien rafraichis ! Nous avons passé l'après midi jusque 17h30 sur les bords de l'Isar à nous régaler du spectacle de ces plongeons permanents 👍

      Puis, déjà nos petites habitudes, nous avons fini notre périple par une soirée au même endroit que là où nous l'avions commencé et qui résume tellement bien ce que nous avons aimé dans ce séjour : au Biergarten de la brasserie Augustiner 😍
      Un bout de nature, un lieu de convivialité, sans chichis, avec une bonne musique bavaroise d'ambiance dont cet accueillant "Ein Prosit ein Prosit🎶", où tout ce qui compte est d'arrêter un peu le temps et de passer un bon moment de découvertes ensemble tous les 4 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
      Ne manquait que le paysage des montagnes 🗻 😁
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    • Day 4

      H: What I Saw on Saturday in Munich

      September 7 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

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      We are likely the only people not drinking beer at the beer garden but the live music was great and we had some laughs.

      Today we took a powerful tour on WWII with a historian that was not only spellbinding but the information was highly impactful. I feel transformed from the experience and don’t really have words yet about it. I’m sure Dave will post on it soon.
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    • Day 13

      Out and about in the old city of Munchen

      September 16, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Today we had a bit of a sleep in before heading off for Marienplatz to see the Glockenspiel come to life at 11am. It is a very impressive display of mechanical prowess, and was added to the new town hall in 1907. It has two levels of action that come to life one after the other, the top section that recounts a royal wedding and a jousting tournament, and a bottom section that shows a dance that the local coopers did to celebrate the end of the plague. in the jousting tournament, the Bavarian knight knocks the French knight off his horse on the second pass.

      After watching the performance we wandered around the old city looking for the open area Victualienmarkt, which was very interesting with a great range of fresh produce on display. We bought some apples, peche plate (peaches), tomatoes and a baguette. We plan to eat in tonight.

      I also bought a couple of Christmas decorations that are very Bavarian from a shop close to the market. I forgot to look for ornaments in London, but might look for some on our way back. We stopped for a coffee and an Apfelschnecke for morning tea, and then went in search of Maximilian Straße, which is a street full of designer stores, which are outside of our budget but nonetheless it was nice to window shop.

      As we walked back towards our place we wanted to have a close look at Frauenkirche - the tallest church in Munich - it’s twin towers stand at 99 metres. On the way, we wandered through the Munchen Rathaus (Town Hall), and we stopped in a lovely quiet square inside the building for a late lunch at Ratskeller München, where I tried Bratwurst with onions and potatoes, and Ian tried the Schnapsbratwurst, which was small spicy sausages served in between two potato pancakes, mashed potatoes and cabbage, and of course he coupled it with a local beer.

      After lunch, we made it to Frauenkirche, but you can’t climb the tower at the moment as repair work is underway. We stopped to get some delicious deli items to have for dinner this evening, as I am a bit tired and it is nice to eat in once in a while.

      We still managed to clock up about 8kms of walking today, which isn't too shabby. Museums are all closed on a Monday in Munich, so we didn’t get the opportunity to visit any of them.

      Tonight we will start packing in preparation for heading off for Brussels tomorrow.
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    • Erste Panne noch vor dem Start

      February 15, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ -2 °C

      Es ist echt kaum zu glauben... Und fängt echt gut an 😳... Noch nicht mal 200 km gefahren um zum Start nach Hamburg zu kommen und schon ist der ÖAMTC nötig.
      Allerdings nur dafür, Wasser für den Kühler zu organisieren 😂... Den Rest erledigt der Leatherman 😅😂🤣😂Read more

    • Day 3

      Part 2 of English gardens and game night

      March 29, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F

      Beautiful day including coffee from a single origin roastery, watching the Glockenspiel go off with few others, 8 mile walk along the river and through parts of the English Gardens. Watched the surfers in the river and ended the night with puzzles and delicious dinner with Amanda, Dan, and Summit ❤️Read more

    • Day 133

      What in the World is “Worldschooling?”

      May 11, 2023 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 52 °F

      —As I write this, I just found there will be a strike throughout Germany at the end of this week into next week, which means our train to France is probably going to be cancelled — so worldschooling will include navigating that now as well!—

      During Covid I pulled the kids to homeschool for the 2020-2021 school year - it was a challenging shift for all of us. While I love educating in a nursing setting,I had no idea what I was doing with the kids in terms of education. Both of our amazing kiddos have dyslexia; both have various super cool skills, beautiful talents and also challenges. How do I teach? I Dunno but I had to figure it out somehow - the best I could at the time.

      Jump forward to 2022 - I was thinking about this trip for our family after the mamas died and while googling, i saw the term “worldschooling”: Learning through experiencing different cultures, languages, histories, music, arts - perfect. I learned how to homeschool due to necessity the previous couple of years- why not learn to “worldschool”.

      So here we’re are…about 5 months in to this trip and about to come home. We have the world as our teacher, so the learning just happens by “being”. We are also very fortunate to have an amazing online weekly tutor, Alex, that helped us during Covid as well. She helps the kids with math and English. Maddie has been working on research papers, OpEds; katie has been improving her skills as a budding writer. We’re starting the Diary of Anne Frank and are learning about World War 2. The kids have had to learn to be more independent in their work habits and overall thinking. They have had to push through challenging topics, fears, new cultures and foods, and they are growing before our eyes - mentally and physically. While I’m constantly helping throughout the day- they are the ones doing it and Brian and I are so proud of them!! ❤️❤️

      As a beautiful friend reminded me recently that I should step back and look at what they’ve done in the last month or so…

      In the past month:
      - one month ago today: we were visiting my amazing aunts in Capetown and meeting family we hadn’t known about. We learned about life in South Africa, had delicious braai, learned some of the history of apartheid and Nelson Mandela, load shedding and met family.
      - we saw so many amazing animals in Kruger National Park and learned about the intricate and complex ecosystem amongst animal species and the landscape in this amazing park.

      - we traveled to Egypt - learned about Ramadan, hearing prayers over loud speakers, learned basic words in Arabic, saw the pyramids of Giza, rode camels, ate new foods.

      - we travelled through Morocco, went into the 3rd largest mosque in the world, ate tagine and drank mint tea, learned about the Berber, the royal family, and saw beautiful architecture in the narrow pathways of Fes.

      -spent a week living in an apartment in Venice, walking the canals, learned the history of Venetian masks, hearing church bells, and eating more delicious pizza and gelato than we could handle. (I also have a new favorite drink - Aperol Spritz! So good!)

      - now we’re in Munich, Germany - we have walked through the Marienplatz, visited the local market and are currently studying in a cafe; Maddie is also taking a few German lessons at a school across town 2 hours a day (per her request) so we have quickly learned to take the metro here (somehow a fear of mine that is now overcome!) to turn a rainy 30 minute walk to school into a 5 minute walk and 2 minute metro train ride.

      That is worldschooling. It’s been marvelous (!!) ❤️❤️ and challenging. Lots of laughter and tears! New sights and smells. Interesting sounds and unique ways of living life. What a beautiful world.

      I wouldn’t have it any other way!
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    • Day 11–12

      Munich

      June 14 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Arrived Munich midday to meet up with my mate Nikola (nik) who I know through the grad program at work.

      Went to Nymphenburg Palace whicu was very Napoleony. Built in the 1700/1800s it was fairly basic with very cool ceilings. The area also featured a horse muesuem with plenty of golden carriages the royal family used to use and all their horses attire. The muesuem had a lot of stuff on King Ludwig the 2nd too. Closet homosexual and introvert who got removed from power due to not doing his duties and spending all the money.

      After this did another walking tour with a german dude getting his phD, we got the trams everywhere and near munich central it was so confusing which platform to go to because they were all right near each other and had the same names and had many levels to it. Interesting because old town in Munich or marianplatz was apparently only about 3% original. The rest was bombed to shit and the 3% was so the British could use those existing buildings to triangulate their positions.

      A lot of the buildings were rebuilt, due to budget restrictions however a lot of the original columns and windows from the buildings were painted on the buildings instead as seen in pic 9/10. They now have the money to rebuild but they apparently keep it as a reminder to "not start a war because then you'll have to paint your windows on your building."

      Watched the euros opening soccer game Scotland v Germany... soooooo many Scottish fans in munich with their kilts and blue and white tops. They drank munich out of beer by 1030am which is impressive considering these places know how to stock beer for events like Oktoberfest. They had a really funny chant with the accent "Scooooooooooooooooootland!". Scotland got destroyed 5 - 1. You could hear the noise from the stadium in the pub when goals were scored. Police were so scared of scottish riots they closed marianplatz .

      German desserts were yummy, their traditional sausages very mid though.

      Hostel was shit, got the ICE DB train to berlin next day. Nice train ride.
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    • Day 48

      Munich Day 3

      June 20, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      Today Tegan had class so Steve went out and wandered the streets. Once Tegan finished class we went and got sandwiches from Planty sandwiches which were delicious 🤤 we headed home to shower and decided to do the Rick Steves Munich walking tour.

      We began in the main square Marienplatz and walked for over 2 hours seeing all the major sites and learning about the history of Munich. We saw St Peter’s Church, Viktualienmarkt, the Jewish synagogue, Asam church, sendlinger Strasse, Kaufingerstrasse, Frauenkirche, Dalayr Delicatessen, Platzl, Hofbrauhaus, Maximilianstrasse, Max John Platz, residenz and landed near the English garden, which is a massive park with a river flowing through it. We walked along the river the saw the artificial surfing area, and then came to the area of the river where people were swimming. We walked a bit further and noticed that lots of people were floating down the river (which moves pretty quickly) and thought it looked like lots of fun but we weren’t completely convinced yet. We kept walking to the Chinese Tower in the middle of the gardens and had a beer, pretzel, and raspberry magnum at the big beer garden and reminisced on our trip.

      Steve then decided he wanted to do the river swim so Tegan waited near the end and Steve went and jumped in the river and floated all the way down. It was surprisingly strong but so much fun. After a long walk home in wet clothes (for Steve) we got ready to go out for dinner but ended up just getting sushi from the place downstairs and it was pretty good.

      We went for a relaxing walk after dinner, just before the storm hit. Our second last full day was a very good one!
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    • Day 49

      Munich

      July 16, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      Today we travelled from Innsbruck to Munich for our last night before the long haul flight home.
      We caught up with our great friend Cyril who flew from Belgium to spend the Saturday night and Sunday morning with us
      Needless to say a few drinks were consumed 😁
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    • Day 13

      12 May: Munich farewell

      May 12 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Mothers’ Day today! Started with a first-class breakfast at the hotel.

      Then as I took it easy, Neil fulfilled his long-held ambition to visit the site where his great-grandparents lived, Nymphenbergerstrasse 58.

      Unsurprisingly the original building was gone (90% of central Munich was destroyed during WW II) but he did find the address, now an Apotheke (Chemist). It meant a lot to him to touch base with his family’s history after 158 years.

      It was another glorious spring day, so we took Mike’s advice and visited the Englischer Garten, created by Englishman Sir Benjamin Thompson in 1789. This huge inner-city park, 375 hectares, has 78 km of paths, surfing on an artificial wave, a lake with boats, a riding school, Beer gardens, landmarks like the Chinese Tower, and thousands of majestic mature trees, all in vivid spring green. Thousands of families, hundreds of small dogs, bikes in every conceivable size and shape, people everywhere quietly enjoying themselves.

      The helpful concierge had given us the number for our bus, which took us back to our hotel.

      A lovely balmy afternoon, and an appropriate end to our stay in this beautiful city.
      As Milton says,
      “Tomorrow to fresh fields, and pastures new.”
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