Another slow start to the day, this time there is a good reason. Niece flew back to America this morning. Her flight was a bit after 7:00 am, so she and Brother left the apartment about 3:45. They caught a nearby bus to get to a train stop to get out to the airport, the whole trip was about an hour. Brother was with her in the baggage drop line, then said goodbye at the security line. He was back at the apartment about 7 and went to bed.
I heard them prepare to leave. I didn't hear Brother return. He slept until 11:00.
While waiting for him to wake up I stripped Niece's bed so that I can have the bedroom rather than the futon in the living room. I'll be able to close a door!
In a half day today Brother and I decided to explore central Munich – do the tourist things. We walked to nearby Sendlinger Tor, one of the original gates in the city wall. This must be part of the gay neighborhood because I saw an AIDS memorial. Then on down a pedestrian zone to Marienplatz, with a stop for a quick lunch. This walk included our first church of the day, the Asamkirche. It is highly decorated in the Baroque style.
Facing Marienplatz is the “new” city hall, only a couple hundred years old (yeah, new for a city founded in 1158).
Nearby is the “old” city hall. From there our walking seemed to be from church to church (though Brother hadn't advertised it as such).
There was the Holy Ghost Church …
St. Peter's Church …
Our Lady's Cathedral, yes it was much bigger than the others …
St. Michael's Church …
Citizen's Church …
And St. Anne's Church, where we didn't stay because a service was in progress.
Yeah, they seem to be variations on a theme. I had to study photo timestamps to tell which picture is from which church.
Along the way we wandered a bit through the Victualienmarkt, yeah, victuals market, a place with a lot of food stalls and a few restaurants. Brother hadn't explored this much and now will be able to visit more often.
After all those churches we went back to the Victualienmarkt in hopes of supper. But the main seating area was packed. So we went down a side street and found a place with fresh salads.
That turned out to be close to the Jewish Synagogue, which is a striking structure.
And next to that is the Jewish Museum. Back in 2005 a Jewish woman from England put an ad in several German newspapers saying she'd like to talk about anything with whomever was interested. She talked with forty five people. Some talked about what happened during the war, about what they heard from their parents or grandparents. Excerpts of these discussion are now on the exterior of the museum, some in German, some in English. Here's a paraphrase of a bit of one discussion (I would have photographed it if it wasn't printed on glass): Those Israelis are weird; they vote politics instead of economic issues. That means they vote against their economic self-interest. Which sounds a lot like America these days.
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