München!

We went to München!

Or Munich, in English....why do we even have different English names for other countries and their cities? A question for the ages, my friends.....

For example:

Deutschland = Germany

Österreich = Austria

Salzburg = Salzburg

Hey! We got one right!...except that it's pronounced "ZAHLTS boorg" auf Deutsch (in German :)

Anyway, this bustling metropolis is quite a bit bigger than our little Alpine city of 150,000 inhabitants...and cheaper. How does that happen?

It was just a day trip, but we had the opportunity to see quite a bit.

Now I shall impress (or bore) you with some great Bavarian architecture!

This church was paid for by one man...too bad he couldn't afford to do much interior decorating...

This is the city hall (I think). It was build in the early 1900s...those tricky Bavarians, it looks much older. They call that Neo-Gothic.

And this is the main cathedral, a symbol of Munich. They should have hired the decorator from that other church....on second thought, maybe its better that they didn't....

Now, because everyone likes candids they weren't read for, here is one of us on the city tour with our guide, Andreas. It's so helpful to have a guide who is 12 feet tall. It's harder to get lost that way.

And here is our table at lunch.

This is the Hofbrauhaus, where Oktoberfest is held every year...in October...in case there was any confusion about that.

And lastly, some castle that I don't know the name of probably because I was too tired and it was the last thing we saw. But hey, I'd live there nevertheless. If they offered. Or would accept my offer of 10 Euro. But I'm firm on that.

München really is far to big to see in only one day, but what we saw was well worth it. As always, thanks for reading! And commenting!

Bis später!