Next stop: Münich!
Yesterday, after an anniversary celebration trip
to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial - happy anniversary,
honey! - (OK, it really was purely a coincidence, we swear) we
arrived in Münich, dropped off our little Puegot rental car at the train station
and headed off on foot. It's good to be back in a city
again and the transition this time from countryside to
metropolis felt almost seamless. We really like it here.
Münich is not filled with a zillion must-see sights and we
decided that's one big reason we like it. The people are
friendly and it's a great city to simply wander around, soaking
up the super-Bavarian atmosphere with the rest of the (Japanese)
tourists. The most interesting things to us about this
truly cosmopolitan city have been the Italian influences
(luscious cappuccinos abound) and the shop windows filled with
high-quality and expensive, yet traditional Bavarian
lederhosen (for him) and dirndl (for her) outfits. We
added up the prices posted in a typical window display for one
of these handsome suits and it came to about 1300 euros (close
to $1800 usd)!!! They are truly beautiful but who can
afford these expensive "costumes" and who wears them?
(We have seen some men wandering around in the traditional
suede-shorts-with-suspenders-and-felt-hats outfits, but there
aren't that many!) It's been raining for most of the
last few days and it's been cold (you weren't kidding, were you,
Daniel). Caroline is getting sick of wearing the same
Bamberg-brat-stained pants every day since leaving Spain, since
she (naively) only brought one pair of full-length pants...but
we had the best sauerkraut ever at a very cozy, if smoky,
restaurant filled with long tables and beer-drinking locals last
night...but no more pork and dumplings...please! |
Scott
shops for a new pair of lederhosen... on the sale rack,
of course
"Oh, you two..."
Stone dome at the Hofgarten
People
do actually wear this stuff...
And
it's not cheap!
Looking out of our hotel window over Sendingerstrasse |