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Our hotel room in Munich. Here's Jessi not wanting to have her picture taken :-)
Date: 05/31/2003
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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.
Date: 05/31/2003
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This is a statue near Marienplatz.
Date: 05/31/2003
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The pedestrian zone right next to Karlsplatz - quite busy!
Date: 05/31/2003
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The other side of the same pedestrian zone.
Date: 05/31/2003
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St. MIchael's church.
Date: 05/31/2003
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Here are the twin domes of Frauenkirche, which is 500 years old.
Date: 05/31/2003
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A front view of the new town hall.
Date: 05/31/2003
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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...
Date: 05/31/2003
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The bottom half of St. Peter's Church.
Date: 05/31/2003
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Here's the top half of St. Peter's.
Date: 05/31/2003
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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.
Date: 05/31/2003
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Part 1: The wedding procession with the duke and the bride. This happens on the top level.
Date: 05/31/2003
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More of the wedding procession.
Date: 05/31/2003
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Part 2: A Bavarian defeats an Austrian in battle (also on top).
Date: 05/31/2003
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Part 3: Dancing (in celebration). It happens on the bottom.
Date: 05/31/2003
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At the very end of the "show", the rooster on top (who is named Hans) crows.
Date: 05/31/2003
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The next day we went to an art museum. This is a cute painting called "Still Life with Cat".
Date: 06/01/2003
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The central rotunda of the modern museum.
Date: 06/01/2003
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A nice gate we walked through on the way to the museums.
Date: 06/01/2003
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