Saturday, 2 November 2013

Munich with the Family, Summer 2013



Munich, Austria, Neuschwanstein Castle with the Family, 
Summer 2013

After Zurich, we travelled by train to Munich.  First stop was the Marienplaz plaza and the Ratskeller for lunch 

The plaza next to the city hall



Some of us ate our weight in -werstz, sauerkraut, and beer over the few days we were there.


The Karlstor at Karlsplatz plaza  is one of Munich's old city gates 


This was breakfast day 2.. some brats and beer.. Breakfast for champion travellers. Son corrupted father as I remember it..




Entrance to Englisher Garden... surfer dudes out


Nice lake in the park.  Park noted for nude sunbathers.. only saw one older gentleman on a blanket in the middle of a field.. ahh Europe..


Nice path back to the city along the Isar River


Hofbrauhaus pub for more sausage, kraut, .....





oompa, oompa



Day Trip to Salzburg Austria
Took a regional train from Munich to Salzburg Austria.. If you have the chance, use a Bayern ticket which covered all 5 of us for one price. Great deal

Salzburg was where they filmed most of the Sound of Music movie.. below is the pavilion.. sadly, recently closed to tourists after an older lady trying to jump between the benches like in the movie slipped and broke her hip.  Als othe birthplace of Mozart.

One of the most famous scenes of The Sound of Music was filmed in this gazebo when Liesl sings 'I am 16 going on 17''.


Lunch very tasty - more -werst, krout, ....


Hohensalzburg Fortress, built in 1077 sits atop the city.  large chess game in the plaza (and a mannequin atop a large gold globe)


The river Salzach runs through the city





Snow covered Alps in the distance






Day Trip to Neuschwanstein Castle, 
Schwangau, Germany 

We took another regional train to Neuschwanstein Castle, the most visited castle in Europe.  It was built by KingLudwig II who died just before it was complete in 1886.  It was used as a model by Walt Disney for his Disneyland Castle.  The long walk from the train station  up the hill to the castle.  


Waypoint near the castle entrance.














Bridge that gives a nice view of the castle



Dachau Concentration Camp

After we dropped off Jen and Andy at the airport for their return trip to Indy,  we visited Dachau concentration camp.  Still a rather sober reminder of what happened..
The entrance gates.. Arbeit Macht Frei - Work makes (you) free...  made by the prisoners with metal working skills.  



This camp was opened in 1933 for political prisoners and served as a model for all later concentration camps and as a "school of violence" for the SS men under whose command it stood. In the twelve years of its existence over 200.000 persons from all over Europe were imprisoned here and in the numerous subsidary camps. 41.500 were murdered. On April 29 1945, American troops liberated the survivors.










Last stop -  Olympic park in Munich, home of the 1972 summer games. 

Mark Spitz won 7 Gold Medals here during the 1972 Munich Games


Interesting venue near the park - you get zipped up and inflated in a bubble before they push you in the lake.  You move by standing up and running like a hamster in a cage.   When you've had enough, there's a rope attached to pull you back in.

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