+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | _______ | A certain young gourmand of Crediton | | ,--'.:::::.`-._ | took some pate de fois gras and spread | | /..:::::::::::..\ | it on | | /..:::::::::_;::::| | a chocolate biscuit | | || `---'----' _|:::| | then murmured, "I'll risk it." | | || `;:::| | His tomb bears the date that he said it | | |' ==== ==== |-::| | on. | | |-( @ )-( @ )--|O):| | | | | ` | ` |/::' | | | . v |:/ jeremy@ | | | | ___, || malcolm | | | \ -- _/| .id.au | | | \_____.-'__/-.__ | | | _| _/|::.\.::-._ | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [*] news [ ] about [ ] writing [ ] journal [ ] images [ ] guests | | +--- last 5 | | |->> archive | | `--- search | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Germany" :: [2010-01-05 01:34AM] | | | | We saw in 2010 in the Bavarian capital of Munich. The old city is full of | | beautiful architecture, though much of is has been reconstructed after its | | destruction in the Second World War. We took a free walking tour on our | | first day in the city, which included stops at an enormous cathedral called | | the Frauenkirche, the elaborate gothic town hall, and the Hofbräuhaus, the | | most famous beer house in Munich. We stopped there for lunch of sausages | | and sauerkraut, before wandering down to the Hausderkunst, an art gallery | | opened during the Third Reich, but currently exhibiting a Chinese modern | | artist. | | | | I was last in Germany in around 1982 with my parents, and my two main | | memories are visiting the castles of King Ludwig II, and eating at an | | inordinate number of konditorei (pastry shops), with which my dad was quite | | obsessed. This particular obsession is one to which I can easily relate - I | | finished off our first day in Munich with the perfect torte - sweet | | chocolate cake, set off with tart raspberries in jelly, with a crisp | | shortbread base. Dom was hungrier than I and so started with a cheesy egg | | noodle dish with fried onions ("bergspätzle") followed with authentic apple | | strudel. | | | | As for King Ludwig's castles, the following day we took a train out to his | | family castle Hohenschwangau, and the "fairy tale" castle Neuschwanstein | | that the mad king constructed nearby and which is best known as the | | inspiration for the Disney castle. We took a horse drawn carriage ride to | | the gates of the first, and hiked from there to the second. Though | | neither castle was open for tours when we arrived, the exteriors were | | impressive enough. | | | | The next day we went straight to the airport, which is of little note | | other than that it gave us occasion to try a schnitzel and pretzel for | | lunch, but I should mention the saga of our illnesses. We've been | | suffering colds and flu almost over our entire trip, and my own symptoms | | have lately been getting worse. The pharmacist in the UK to whom I went | | for a remedy didn't want to sell me anything stronger than paracetemol. | | I'm glad to say his counterpart in Germany was much more enthusiastic: I | | walked away with one set of pills for congestion, another for aches and | | inflammation, a nasal spray, and a cough syrup, plus a set of tissues | | thrown in. Thank goodness for German efficiency. | | | | reply (1 comments) | | << Back | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Links: portal / wedding / calendar / honours / phd / iq / igfwatch / random | | page generated in 0.087 seconds sadlittlewebjournal 2.9.3 | | content (c) its respective creator(s) web administration | | valid html 4.01 transitional foaf / rss feed | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+