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Our hotel room in Munich. Here's Jessi not wanting to have her picture taken :-)
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A nice fountain in Karlsplatz ("platz" means "square" in German). It was quite close to our hotel, and somehow became known as my fountain.
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This is a statue near Marienplatz.
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The pedestrian zone right next to Karlsplatz - quite busy!
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The other side of the same pedestrian zone.
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St. MIchael's church.
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Here are the twin domes of Frauenkirche, which is 500 years old.
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A front view of the new town hall.
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100_0511
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The top of the new town hall. Note the glockenspiel on the lower part of the tower - I have a lot more pictures of that soon...
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The bottom half of St. Peter's Church.
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Here's the top half of St. Peter's.
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Now, back to the glockenspiel. It goes into motion twice a day for about ten minutes. Here it is before going into motion.
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100_0521
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Part 1: The wedding procession with the duke and the bride. This happens on the top level.
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100_0522
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More of the wedding procession.
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Title:
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Part 2: A Bavarian defeats an Austrian in battle (also on top).
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Part 3: Dancing (in celebration). It happens on the bottom.
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At the very end of the "show", the rooster on top (who is named Hans) crows.
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The next day we went to an art museum. This is a cute painting called "Still Life with Cat".
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The central rotunda of the modern museum.
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A nice gate we walked through on the way to the museums.
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The Lowenbrau Biergarten, which is where we ate lunch.
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So we ordered a sampler platter for three people, but they must have expanded it for five, because this is it. It was huge, and we got nowhere near finishing it...
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This is me petting a wooden badger at a playground.
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100_0539
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A fountain with a statue of Neptune - Jessi and Carrie waded in.
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100_0541
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When we came back to our hotel, this is how Jessi's bed was made up (her bear's name is Dennis). Very cute!
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The next day we went to the Residenz, which is an old German palace. This is a very ornate door.
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This is the huge dining hall.
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Title:
100_0545
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One of the many rooms - I particularly liked the walls.
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A statue in the courtyard. Notice the severed head the guy is holding...
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Title:
100_0549
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A very nice decade rosary from 15th century France. Each piece is a scene involving Mary - for example. the third one is the birth of Christ.
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Title:
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A small private altar from 1600s Munich.
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Title:
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A waterfall in the English Gardens (which is the biggest metropolitan park in Europe)
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Title:
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A nice Chinese pagoda in the English Gardens. We ate lunch close to it.
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Title:
100_0567
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A gate near the University of Munich.
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100_0571
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The next day we went to the Deutsches Museum, which was huge and had a lot of cool science stuff. Here's me showing off the work of some possible relatives.
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Title:
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A machine, also by the Stoll company.
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Title:
100_0574
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We went to the Nymphenburg Palace, which was quite stunning. Here's a shot of the left side of the main hall.
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The center of the hall.
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Title:
100_0576
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The right side of the hall.
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Title:
100_0578
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Part of the beautifully painted ceiling.
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Title:
100_0579
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From the front of the grand hall, here's a view of part of the palace grounds.
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Title:
100_0584
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The next day we left to go to Colmar, in the Alsace region of France. We stopped along the way. This is Hohenschwangau Castle.
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Here is Neuschwanstein Castle, the castle on which Sleeping Beauty's in Disney World was based.
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Title:
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A nice landscape view from the castle.
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Title:
100_0591
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Another nice view - you can see a bridge that we didn't go to.
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Title:
100_0595
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One more view.
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Title:
100_0601
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A picture of the Black Forest (while on the way to Colmar)
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Title:
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Another picture of the Black Forest.
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Title:
100_0608
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A painting called "Crucifixion" by Hans Stocker (painted between 1410-1420).
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Title:
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A statue to Field Marshall Raff, who was under Napoleon. Bartholdi did this statue, and he also did the Statue of Liberty!
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This part of Colmar is called "Little Venice". The boat ride looked fun, so we took one.
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Title:
100_0612
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A picture from the boat ride.
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Title:
100_0616
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A nice bridge (that we had walked on before)
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Title:
100_0620
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Another nice view from the boat.
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100_0623
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A bubble blowing teddy bear, which we saw outside a toy show (it would actually dip the wand into the pot and then blow bubbles). Very cool!
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Title:
100_0624
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A plaque decidated to the martyrs of the Resistance.
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Title:
100_0625
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We went to some other small towns the next day - this is in Riquewihr.
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Title:
100_0628
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A nice vineyard along the way.
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Title:
100_0629
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In Kaysersberg, we saw a vineyard owned by Francois Stoll, and a store selling their wines.
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Title:
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Here's me next to some Stoll wine.
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Title:
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The next day we went to Luzern, a town in Switzerland. This is the view over the Reuss River.
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Title:
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The nice view from our hotel room.
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Title:
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Another view over the river.
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Title:
100_0639
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A picture of Lake Luzern.
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Title:
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The next day we went to the Picasso Museum, which had a lot of pictures of him. Here's a picture of a poster for the museum of him doing ballet (since we couldn't take pictures inside :-) )
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Title:
100_0646
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We climbed the wall that protected Luzern - here's a picture of the city from there.
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Another view from the wall.
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Title:
100_0650
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This Lion Monument is a monument to the Swiss Guards who died protecting the French King during the Revolution.
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Title:
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Here's a balloon you could ride (with a rope attached) at the Swiss Transport Museum.
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Title:
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A view from a boat on Lake Luzern.
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Title:
100_0660
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The next town we went to was Friedrichschafen, in Germany. This is a monument to the guy who invented the Zeppelin (we think).
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Title:
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A nice church in Lindau, which is an island in Lake Bodensee.
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The next day we went to Innsbruck, which is in Austria. "The hills are alive...with the sound of music..."
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A street near the center of town.
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Title:
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The Golden Roof - Emporer Maximillian used to watch performances on the street from here.
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A plaque saying (I think) that Mozart gave a concert here. If you speak German, leave a translation in the comments!
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The Triumphpforte (Triumphal Arch), built by Maria Theresa to celebrate the marriage of her son, Leopold II.
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A nice picture of the Inn River, which runs through town.
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A nice shot of the mountains near our hotel in Innsbruck.
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