the trip to munich, which took us through beautiful bavarian landscapes was more than 5 hours long. we booked ourselves a hotel in zone A which is 3 mins walk from the s-bahn station. after checking in and refreshing ourselves, it was time to head out to the city with our day card.
it was drizzling as we reach the central station but of course our spirit was not dampened. it was straight to exploring with our hoods on. above is karls tor (tor is a gate), the entrance into the old town. again, streets were filled with christmas shoppers but it was not that crowded yet at that time.
er...do u call this piece of potruding tangerine colour woodwork art? it is installed by louis vuitton. they have the same kind of theme in their window display. those in italy are nicer.
michaels- kirsche. a church...renovation again. and this ipod advert can be seen everywhere.
the musical instruments, balcony and door handle of the church. we stepped in to escape the rain.
beautiful arts and crafts inside.
my afternoon snack. banana dipped in chocolate bought from the christmas market. €2.50...damn expensive i know...but just had to have it.
the new town hall at marienplatz. it was at one of the basements here that hitler gave one of his speeches to spread his propaganda.
we were in time to catch the musical clockwork chiming at 12noon. everyone stopped their tracks and observed the scenes displayed one after another with each rotation. here u see the scenes of 2 knights fighting and the red one lost the fight.
the galerie was closed.
this is the toy museum nearby. oh, munich is regarded as the 'toy city', not because it has a toy museum but because it is the safest city with the lowest crime rate in germany.we then took the underground to olympic park, where the olympics was held in munich in 1972. there was nothing much except the still standing stadiums and of course the bmw world and museum here.
the bmw museum, closed on monday...well, saves me €12 for the entrance. haha...if it was opened, i would be undecisive whether to go or not to go and wondering what i would have missed. dunno much about cars to really appreciate the displays i think and uncle wouldn't have forked out that amount to go in. if i were to go in, it would be me alone.
the bmw welt aka world. it is free here so just walk around to see the displays of their latest models and find out about the cars with the touch screen monitor in front.
see for yourself how the hybrid system works.
the collection level, we are not allowed there unless we are going to collect our car. we could only view this from the bridge. and of course i was dreaming of being on the other side while on the bridge. hahaa.... i dun care if it is the smallest car there. uncle was commenting how the cars there (those being collected) were not great at all. by great he meant those four-wheel-drive models. 
exhibition spaces.
so are u a bmw fan? my uncle is a mercedes benz so he is full of comments. one of them was how the bmws were overpriced. maybe it is true, but it is not a car i will buy even if i win the lottery...i think. my toyota vios is enough. and i will spend the winning in travelling. haha
it was back to the city centre again after that bmw tour. we got off at odeonplatz and walked to hof garten. i think the district council building is here.
odeonplatz, the yellowish building on the right is the theatinerkirche. its dome dominates the odeonplatz. the others are photos of kaiser hof. they were selling christmas trees in front. germany has a tradition of putting up christmas trees on the eve i read somewhere. so there were still ppl buying the trees.
the residenz which houses the museums of interior decorations. but the square had a christmas market when we went. the sign outside was christmas village.
some of the stalls told classic fairy tales of little red riding hood and hansel and gretel which originated from germany. the others had christmas tales and of course plenty of food and souvenir stalls.
the attractive window display by the famous dallmayr store in munich. well i only know it is famous the other day when i saw their coffee beans sold at lidl supermarket. the store has been around since 1700 and was supplier to the aristocrats in munich. the store occupies almost the whole block of building and gosh, it was crowded. things inside were not cheap at all and one would bulk at the prices. but hey, the customers inside were shopping like that was the only store in town. it was so crowded and busy that it was impossible to get a photo. they sell teas, coffee beans, wine, food, pastry, meat, fish, and fruits.
marianplatz in the evening. 
went into a bookstore opposite the plaza to check murakami's diary and boy, it was another big crowd inside. i cannot remember the name of the bookstore but i think it is one of the big ones in germany because they have another english bookstore a few streets away. ppl were christmas shopping and the queues were endless at the cashiers. good reading culture in germany? i think so, saw many ppl reading on trains and subways. and the crowd here proofs it i guess. the store is not very big but it has 6 storeys including lift and escalators.
and the diary? well, the price is €13.20 which is available at their english bookstore. wei has helped me check the price of the diary in bangsar. it is rm40.90. but i didn't buy it because according to him it is mini...not like normal diary size. well, maybe i will check it out myself when i go down to kl with atticus. tq wei for helping me to check and ringint me at 6a.m. this morning. hehehe...nope, i din pick up the call but he smsed after waking me up.
nordsee..how i hate u. this was where we had our dinner. sigh...as if there was no other restaurants in munich. i want my white wurst!! uncle kept using aunt as excuse saying that she does not take chops and stuff but the truth is he was just too thrifty to spend on food. everything was too expensive and not worth it. and he complained again after the nordsee meal, saying that he was not full at all. sigh. a nordsee meal was not exactly cheap, it averaged at €7 and above depending on which meal u choose. aunt and i were full. a meal at restaurant for let's say chicken chop would be around 9 or 10. better than nordsee lah.
and when we reached our hotel, we crossed the road to lidl to shop for food. sigh, he bought yoghurt and bananas and had them with the bread we brought from home. i had the choc mousse with banana although i was not really hungry. just wanna try the mousse because i din have any since i come.
we retired early for the night as everyone was tired. all slept before 10 and it was a sound sleep indeed. but i woke up at 6a.m. and could not sleep anymore. snores snores and snores...well, i had enough rest, so it was ok. was glad that i could sleep well despite the non-stop snores from the other side. phew!
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