Category: Germany

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Erfurt – near Munich

It’s alive

We stayed here to launch into Munich for a few days. It’s a cheaper place to stay. And it is cute little old town.

Every town needs an obelisk
Enter only with a ticket. But no one is checking
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Nymphenburg Palace

The palace of the Bavarian kings. Click the link below to read about the palace and the place the royals kept their beautiful carriages, sleds and horses.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphenburg_Palace

Coronation robes for the king’s horse
Stuffed
For kids, princes and princesses
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Munich

as far as I am concerned the Hofbrauhaus is the most famous Bier hall in the world. I’ve known about this place for 62 years. It seems to be doing very well and it was great visiting and trying the beer and some snack. This beer hall is well known to everyone who ate at Schroeder’s Café in San Francisco which is still there on Front Street.

This visitor found the beer hall to be hot enough to use her fan, not the western style fan.
This lady was selling pretzels in the beer hall
This meal was had at a Google maps recommended restaurant in Munich. The food was very nice. Pigs knuckle along with Bavarian white sausage
Many hotels don’t have a kettle to boil water in the morning for coffee so I bought an inexpensive one to carry along since I can’t survive in the morning without a cup of coffee
Frauenkirche
dragons live!
The glockenspiel. We used to say this word often when I was young and we never knew what it was. Now I know.
A memorial to the Jews who were massacred throughout Europe in the 1930s and 40s
Below you will see what I’m holding up
Marx and Engels. I could write many pages about these guys I studied at Cornell but not here.
Of course the famous Brandenburg gate
The Munich train station
A little history concerning the separation of Berlin
Tear down that wall
Checkpoint Charlie
I surrendered here
I bought their beer mug when I was eight years old at Schroeder’s Café in the city
This is what it takes to get a good photo
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Hamburg – the city of trade.

The concert hall where a friend works

Hamburg is in the north of Germany and has been a trading part for many centuries. The buildings that were left from war destruction commemorate a considerable memory of Hamburg’s economic and religious past.

Cornellians will enjoy the Altona destination.
The city hall in great splendor.
a criminal; cat admits to his crime in public
taxis are this cream color. this Tesla driver got out and explained his Tesla taxi was “expensive”
church tower left from a fire
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England’s roots in Germany

Celle Castle
The house of Hanover
England had no king so in 1714 the borrowed one from Hanover – the seat was in Celle castle. This guy became George I of England

It was not until Elizabeth’s father, George VI, the royal House of Hanover (now the House of Windsor) that the English royalty married someone from England. Previously all were German or from there about. Even Elizabeth’s husband, Phillip, was Danish/German.

George II
For US people the infamous George III, all of the House of Hanover
George III
funny painting
my hero, the god of wine, Baccus
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Celle-the 400 year old beauty

I thought this was Yogurt. It is sour cream. I bought 2. One was spoiled and the other did not go well with muesli.

In the next Phlog you will learn why Celle is such an important town in European history. This cute little town is definitely worth a visit.

50/50. The Hawaiian half (pineapple) was for my “babe in the woods” pizza eater. I had Gorgonzola. Takes time to learn what “real” pizza is. By the way, this one was not so great.
What we found is that most “Asian” restaurants in the 5 countries we visited are run by Vietnamese. The most prominent titles are “Sushi, Vietnamese and Asian Food”
Reminds me of “Fujiyama Mama”, a popular song in Japan and Hawaii in the 70’s by, if I remember correctly, the Yellow Magic Orchestra.
these beautiful buildings are 300 to 450 years old
I guess he got caught in the maelstrom.
This reads, “there are two situations that drive men crazy; WOMEN and NO WOMEN!”
Look at the date on this one. Often the original owner (what I assume is the original owner) has their names on the buildings.