We headed to Munich yesterday which is about 2 1/2 hours from Stuttgart. Even though it was raining, we had an amazing day! We loved the city and enjoyed learning about it. On the way there, we read the history and learned that most of Munich was bombed in WWII, and there are very few historical buildings still standing.
Munich is known for this famous 100 year old Glockenspiel. It was beautiful! It has life-size statues/knights that dance around when the clock goes off. It goes off at 11am and 12 everyday. We went to the market while we waited until 11.
Bread and more bread!
We checked out the Viktualienmarkt in downtown Marienplatz. This was probably one of my favorite things! I loved looking at all of the olives, cheese, meat, flowers, and more.
Evan found this hedgehog made from wood.
Anyone want a VERY LARGE bottle of wine?!
More giant wines!
Smoothies ready to be poured.
Cheese! I wish I could sample them all to know which ones I want.
If you look closely, you will see a lot of interesting cuts like...
Do you see the brains?! Right in the middle. Lower part of the pictures has liver and other unappealing things...
Find the pig noses and pig hooves!
Danny enjoyed 2 different brats in Munich.
Embry loves the pretzels!
Waiting for the Glockenspiel to begin.
The Glockenspiel!
The 2 pictures above and the picture below is one of the four original medieval gates left in the city.
After watching the Glockenspiel, we headed to the Deutsches Museum. It was a short 15 minute walk from where we parked.
Museum entrance
On the way back, we stopped and enjoyed gelato and a banana/Nutella crepe!
Our final stop was checking out the famous Hofbrauhaus. Most of the beer halls where Hitler spoke were destroyed in the war, but it is thought that he met on the the third floor of this one when coming up with and explaining the 25 point program. I also read that he also explained it in the big hall. This beer hall used to have swastikas painted all over the ceilings, but has of course changed since then. It is also rumored that when this was built that Mozart also frequented this place.
The regulars there have lockers for their beer mugs.
On the way to Munich we loved the gorgeous country side and how clean everything was. There were sheep grazing all over the place. I also snapped a picture of this bridge being built over a very deep ravine.
On the way home, you can tell that the kids were worn out!!
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