Sunday, January 03, 2010

Northbound

Heading north from Marienplatz:

the National Theatre

next to it

Munich Residence

further along (still the Munich Residence)

the first doorway in the previous photo

the second doorway

through it: a Christmas market inside the Munich Residence

an interesting dustbin (I seem to be always taking photos of dustbins :P )

chocolate fruits again...this time I bought one

the dark-choc coated mandarin orange (yum :D )

Back out on Odeonsplatz:

Theatinerkirche (another church)

the Field Marshal's hall

the entrance towards the Munich Residence's garden (though there was no greenery; everything was under the snow) You can see the signboard saying Hofgartenstrasse.

along the side of that doorway

on the right, upon going through that doorway (on the left is the garden)

between that previous photo and the garden

garden

snow

towards that "thing" in the garden

inside that "thing"


that long corridor between the garden and the Theatinerkirche is where the drawings were

After that I went to have lunch, since it was about noon I was starting to get rather hungry :P (you see? I saw all the sights of Munich in a morning!) After lunch I headed towards Isartor to check out a museum listed in the city guide I got from my hostel.

the Isartor gate/doorway (Isartor is one of the metro stations, also a square, I believe)

local curiosity museum dedicated to two (local?) comedians

I went in because it was recommended as an "interesting" visit by the Wombat's guide, and it only cost 1.99€ for students (2.99€ otherwise, unless if you're 99 years old and you come with your parents, in which case it's free (this info is also courtesy of Wombat's)) but unfortunately everything was in German so I couldn't understand much of it.

Check out the opening hours...and I think Wombat's wasn't lying 'cos I see a 99 on the door...

I think I won't put any more photos of the museum here...I'll reserve that for another post (if I finally decide to write it)

Then there's the hunting museum, also recommended by Wombat's as a less-serious visit. I didn't go into this one...mainly because it was late, but the entrance fee was also higher (about 5€, 4++ I think)

outside the museum




Oh, and by the way, I didn't spend the whole afternoon in the first museum...I went back after that and took a rest at the hostel...then I felt bored and decided to come out walking again, which was when I went looking for the hunting museum. I had already walked past it before noticing it, since it was on the way to Marienplatz.

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