Munich

We took the train into Munich yesterday. Our hotel is only a block and a half from the train station, so that is nice.

Entrance to Marienplatz

Today we walled to the Marienplatz, the town center and market, where we visited many shops and tried the delicacies offered by the food booths, including pretzels straight from the oven, fried shrimps, bratwurst, and chocolate with hot peppers in it (I found out about the. Hot pepperswhen I bit into the chocolate!). At the market, everyone eats well, even the dogs. I saw dogs hdepartment stores as well!

 

I wenT to a bakery, and I wanted a chocolate bun, but I didn't know what is was called, so I had to stand in the line where the cashier was right by the chocolate buns so I could point to it. Other customers thought I was odd when they went around me to other open cashiers, but I did get the chocolate bun!

 

We saw the Glockenspiel clock. On the hour, bells chime and dancing figures revolve. Two knights even come out of the clock and make several passes at each other;finally, one knight knocks the other down.

 

 

We also went up in several towers today. One had 300 steps to climb (two students counted the steps).

 

We also went to the Olympic park--fortunately, there was an elevator to the top.

We saw the BMW museum and a great view of Munich from the top

 

 

Tomorrow we take a train to Salzburg, Austria.

 

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