Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 – Stadtmuseum and Marienplatz



So, the hostel doesn’t provide coffee-making facilities (hrmphs) so today started with a brisk walk towards Munich center to get coffee. Afterwards, I wandered through a few stores and ended up at the Stadtmuseum (City Museum). It’s amazing!

Once exhibit was mainly on the history of Munich. And included lots of models of buildings and the city and churches and cool things!


Another was all about the history of protest in Munich, up until present day. I do sometimes wonder about the stuff that activists call art and its actual purpose, but, you know, do each their own. There was a lot of German in that exhibit so I went to look at puppets next because my brain was fried and puppets don’t require German to be appreciated. 


(Dad will probably know who I think this is and what I think he’s holding).

The final exhibit was all about 70s fashion in Munich, also really awesome. Some of the clothing was clothing I would totally wear and some was so absurd I couldn’t imagine anyone wearing ever. Also, apparently the 70s was the beginning of when companies started marketing children’s clothing and considering children a target audience…meaning children’s clothing became a lot more exciting at that time, at least in Munich.

I had lunch at the Viktualienmarkt – a really huge open air market for food near Munich center. It rained during lunch (in Munich, it alternates about every half hour between rain and beautiful sunshine) and was rather pretty (I was sitting outside under an awning). It felt almost like rainbow weather.

I spent the rest of the day wandering around Marienplatz, the city square-like-thing. I explored some clothing stores, and a book store. Also, there was a really good klezmer band playing the middle in the square at one point.


And that’s it for today. Yeah no, I pretty much went back to the hostel and ate and am now internetting. But, all in all, an exciting day and a good start for Munich. 



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