2006-07-16/17/18 . Munich

As with Basel, this was my second time to Munich in a year and I didn't feel the least bit bored...one needs to visit a new city at least two to three times to truely feel the essence of the city...one sees new things not seen the last time...

16th

en route to Munich, the train gave us the first glimpse of great scenery to come...


having reached Munich and dumped our stuff at the hostel, we headed out...here is the main gate of the shopping street ...


some music before dinner...ahhh the life...


it was evening when we arrived at Munich, so we decided to have dinner before exploring further...we dined at a restaurant recommended by yong jie's friend...a place which served great Augustiner beer, roast duck and fresh boiled sausages...yum...



this lady approached us to help her carry her boy onto the lion as she had problems with her back...


me with another one of the many lions scattered around the city...


17th
To Fussen we went this day
(for shots of the Hohenschwangau and much of Neuschwanstein pls refer to last year's postings)

the guided tours were pretty late, so we decided to walk around a bit...and, for me at least, discovered that the larger lake just beyond the town was actually accessible...










the Neuschwanstein












during the trip back to Munich...


we were incessantly attacked by the setting sun...


after the sun finally set...
it was play time...






last night we came across a turkish deli and the boss uttered some mandarin...so we decided to try it out tonight...we thought he had probably learnt it from the chinese provision shop next door, but... lo and behold...he was from Sinjiang...he spoke even better than Rai...haha...and this turkish deli served 大盘鸡 and 烤羊肉串!!...authentic chinese dishes at a turkish deli!






the noodles were the killer...I never had such springy noodles...when will I ever eat such good noodles again??!!....Rai and I were all praise for the noodles, but Xiaoling thought that it was nothing compared with what she had in Beijing...well...we're not in Beijing now are we?


after dinner we had sangria gotten from Aldi in the morning...it wasn't cold so we placed it in the spray of the fountain at the Main Gate...

18th
Today was hot as usual...sigh...


the train station near the Alliance Arena...


The Alliance Arena














Followed by the BMW building near the Olympic park





Coop Himmelblau's soon to be completed BMW World...


The Olympic Park







it was so hot we just had to have some slush to make it to the train station without getting heat exhaustion...





it got boring as we surveyed the art galleries at night...so we thought we would entertain ourselves...




while having our nightly drinks, we got to know some nice English folk from London...


and they recommended some cocktail the name of which I can't recall...think it was Kahlua, something and Jack Daniel's

...Rai contemplates the feat...we had just had a litre of beer each ...we thought the bottles were 33c each but it turned out they were 50c...how we got confused still baffles me...anyway...



nice couple photo...



after the incredible cocktail...we got another 50c of Augustiner (?)...



seems Rai couldn't take it...


...and he's down....Xiaoling taking advantage of poor ol' Rai...



...''I didn't do nothin...honest!''...ya rite...



...''arrrrghhhh....''.....



...''大头快起来!''...



....''arrrrghhhh''.....



....''huh?''...



...."zzzzzz".....



....down again...




...Xiaoling just can't get enough...



...of course how could I miss up on this golden opportunity...





19th morning
off to H&deM's Funf Hofe project...(last year's pic are better)



lunch was 大盘鸡 and 烤羊肉串...we just couldn't get enough of it...just had to have it again before we left for Konigsee...but there was no noodle.....wwwwaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!