This morning we took a walk through Olympia Park and I must say I enjoyed it much more this time around ... the weather was really nice (UNTIL IT STARTED RAINING) and the lighting made for better pictures. We also passed through the Olympic Housing and I found those to be extremely cute, especially since students are encouraged to paint the apartments to their liking!
BMW. Today we visited BMW Welt. From the outside I wasn't so sure it was a building I would enjoy, but boy was I WRONGGGG. The building I think was a great showcase for the cars and as I found out was designed with the intention of also test driving some of the cars in the building. Unfortuneatly I wasn't allowed to press the pedal to the medal but I've got my eyes on few of those babies (*note to future husband).
FROM MUNICH (GERMANY), WITH LOVE GRACE
September 1, 2011
August 31, 2011
Danke Schӧn!
To the Heider Family for housing me for the last six days. I have learned so much about this beautiful city and feel really lucky to have been able to experience it from a local's point of view.
On Sunday we visited Ludwig's Kirche and without a doubt, it has been the most beautiful church we have been to thus far. On the outside it looks quite ordinary for a European church, of course, but on the inside the walls were a perfect combination of brick and painted patterns, creating a kaleidoscope of biblical stories. Where the English Garden meets the city center one can see the "surfers" of Munich on the Eisbach River. The bedrock of the river creates a standing wave and a few (CRAZY) people are daring enough to ride the freezing cold water from the Alps.
On Monday, we made our way to the what used to be the winter residence of the royals in Munich. It was a rather large and unique castle. It was occupied by at least twelve different famalies over a four-hundred year period, with each family adding their own style to the castle, it is quite an eclectic collection of architecture through the years.
Today, Eli and I went to Olympia Park where the 1972 Olympics were held and took a 15 minute hike to the top of a hill (*THE HILL WAS FORMED BY DEBREE FROM WWII AND COVERED IN GRASS) for an awesome view of the city. This evening we enjoyed dinner with her family at a local restaurant. At the end of the meal we were treated to a Limes: a shot of vodka with crushed strawberries, basically the best kinda way to end my stay with the Heiders. Cheers!
FROM MUNICH (GERMANY), WITH LOVE GRACE
On Sunday we visited Ludwig's Kirche and without a doubt, it has been the most beautiful church we have been to thus far. On the outside it looks quite ordinary for a European church, of course, but on the inside the walls were a perfect combination of brick and painted patterns, creating a kaleidoscope of biblical stories. Where the English Garden meets the city center one can see the "surfers" of Munich on the Eisbach River. The bedrock of the river creates a standing wave and a few (CRAZY) people are daring enough to ride the freezing cold water from the Alps.
On Monday, we made our way to the what used to be the winter residence of the royals in Munich. It was a rather large and unique castle. It was occupied by at least twelve different famalies over a four-hundred year period, with each family adding their own style to the castle, it is quite an eclectic collection of architecture through the years.
Today, Eli and I went to Olympia Park where the 1972 Olympics were held and took a 15 minute hike to the top of a hill (*THE HILL WAS FORMED BY DEBREE FROM WWII AND COVERED IN GRASS) for an awesome view of the city. This evening we enjoyed dinner with her family at a local restaurant. At the end of the meal we were treated to a Limes: a shot of vodka with crushed strawberries, basically the best kinda way to end my stay with the Heiders. Cheers!
FROM MUNICH (GERMANY), WITH LOVE GRACE
August 28, 2011
American beer is like having sex in a canoe ... its freaking close to water!
I have arrived ... in Munich. This week I have been staying with my friend, Eli, who visited me a couple years ago in Pennsylvania and it was definitely time for me to come and see Bavaria. My first day was the hardest and busiest. We saw and did so much all while I was super jet lagged, landing at ten in the morning with about 3 hours of sleep on a plane, little did I know I was in for a lonnngggg day. First we made it over to the Marienplatz which is the town square in Munich. We went to visit a few churches and I am fascinated by the fact that one can take a bus or metro, walk a block or two and turn the corner and there is a Baroque church dating back to the 1700s.
Also I was lucky enough to be able to try on a traditional dirndl and I may have to come back for OKTOBERFEST one year just so I can have a reason to buy one. Anyone want to join?
Later we spent the evening at the local BEIR GARTEN and ordered some pretzels which after trying a few traditonal bavarian dishes may become my main source of nutrient while in Germany. I also tried a Ridler which is drink that is half lemonade, half beer and although I am trying to acquire a taste for beer while in Germany I still haven't found something I like, but I am willing to "SACRIFICE" my tastebuds for the moment and keep trying.
Yesterday we paid a visit to Nymphenburg Castle which was maybe a 20 minute bus ride from the residential area of the city and in the very center of everything. The last living descendant of the family is actually still living in a small part of the castle and it is a beautiful residence. Touring the castle I felt very much as if I was in my natural habitat ... just sayin.
Today we went on a small hike to Plengberg a small part of the Alps and it was very pretty and definitely something I will never do again. We mistakeningly took the wrong trail up and had to step over rocks, mud, cow poop, fallen trees and it was thundering and raining the whole way up. I actually was wearing my winter coat and although I was the most inappropriately dressed for hiking I was the only who stayed dried the whole time ... you would never think I would be the one to outsmart MOTHERNATURE. I felt like a true hiker my friends even gave me a wooden stick to use while going up the mountain and the only other thing I would need to seem GERMAN would be a cigarette ... only in Europe do people smoke while they are hiking.
FROM MUNICH (GERMANY), WITH LOVE GRACE
Also I was lucky enough to be able to try on a traditional dirndl and I may have to come back for OKTOBERFEST one year just so I can have a reason to buy one. Anyone want to join?
Later we spent the evening at the local BEIR GARTEN and ordered some pretzels which after trying a few traditonal bavarian dishes may become my main source of nutrient while in Germany. I also tried a Ridler which is drink that is half lemonade, half beer and although I am trying to acquire a taste for beer while in Germany I still haven't found something I like, but I am willing to "SACRIFICE" my tastebuds for the moment and keep trying.
Yesterday we paid a visit to Nymphenburg Castle which was maybe a 20 minute bus ride from the residential area of the city and in the very center of everything. The last living descendant of the family is actually still living in a small part of the castle and it is a beautiful residence. Touring the castle I felt very much as if I was in my natural habitat ... just sayin.
Today we went on a small hike to Plengberg a small part of the Alps and it was very pretty and definitely something I will never do again. We mistakeningly took the wrong trail up and had to step over rocks, mud, cow poop, fallen trees and it was thundering and raining the whole way up. I actually was wearing my winter coat and although I was the most inappropriately dressed for hiking I was the only who stayed dried the whole time ... you would never think I would be the one to outsmart MOTHERNATURE. I felt like a true hiker my friends even gave me a wooden stick to use while going up the mountain and the only other thing I would need to seem GERMAN would be a cigarette ... only in Europe do people smoke while they are hiking.
FROM MUNICH (GERMANY), WITH LOVE GRACE
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