Munchen (aka Munich) - Part 2 of 2 (the city)

After Dachau, we got on the bus again and headed to Munich. In German, the city name is Munchen. I've always though it was fascinating how we call places by the English names, when the name they call themselves is completely different. For example: We call Munchen: Munich; we call Deutchland: Germany. I would think the locals have the right name. To Extraterrestrial's I bet our world isn't "Earth".

Anyways - back to our tour:

We stopped for lunch at the Hofbrauhaus - this place is a tourist center because it's Octoberfest all year long here - when you order beer it comes in 1 L glasses (ours are .5 L, we ordered the one beer with a smaller quantity since we only had 45 minutes to eat). There is both an downstairs and upstairs to this place, and you find a spot at the big tables and benches to eat. It was really crowded since there was a soccer game on the tv and it was Saturday afternoon.

After lunch we walked around and saw all the key sites from WWII. The Hofbrauhaus is where Hitler gave his first speech to the public. We walked to the war memorial, then the sites of Kristalnacht (The Night of the Broken Glass) began, the site of the Beerhall Putsch (Hitler’s 1923 violent attempt to take power, resulting in his arrest. Why they didn't deport him - since he's Austrian - is a mystery), Munich’s war memorial and victims’ memorial, the Nazi art museum, Munich’s Gestapo headquarters, Nazi Party headquarters, site of the former “Temples of Honor” and Hitler’s personal office building where the infamous Munich Agreement of 1938 was signed.

So let me talk about the pictures:

The triple arched building is the Field Marshall's Hall ("Feldherrnhalle") built in the 1840's in honor of the Bavarian Army.

Next is a bush, but I included it because, even with the weather in the 20's and all the snow, flowers are still blooming.

The grey, square pillar is an eternal flame at burning at the Plaza for the Victims of Nationalism ("Platz der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus") You can't see it in the picture, but there is a flame burning in the center of the top area.

The picture with the orange building in the back and the large cupola in the front shows the Theatine Church, which was built in the 1600's taken from the Hofgarden park.

The picture of me and Brad is taken by the War Memorial, which is a small underground room representing a tomb by the Bavarian State Chancellery (this building was to be a Nazi museum, but now it's a government office building).

Brad is enjoying a beer in the Hofbrauhaus.

Another picture of the yellow/orange Theatine Church.

And finally a picture of the outside of the Hofbrauhaus.