Christkindlmarkt Munchen with Sayuri

We were to meet Sayuri at the Marienplatz post office immediately after Munich's famous glockenspiel musical performance -very cloak and dagger!

About the Glockenspiel:
Taped music accompanies carved figures jousting and doing the Schalffertanz (Cooper's Dance), first done by barrel makers in the Marienplatz in 1517 at the end of the Black Death plague.

Munich was filled with wonderful architecture, built thru the ages. Having only 2 days, it was extremely difficult to focus my eye on both the markets and the architecture. Fortunately for us, Sayuri showed us a few key buildings that revealed some nuggets of fortune. Inside city hall, exposed several gargoyles that highlighted several levels of the structure. The high sun also jeopardized the lighting subtleties within the space, making composition perplexing.

We Made it to Munich

Just a quick post to let everyone know we finally made it to Munich last night. Our flight from London was about 2 hours late getting in, so we were not able to hit any of the Christmas Markets before they closed, but we did do a bit of wandering and found a nice beer hall for dinner. We'll post more later today/this evening, but did discover that Internet connections are charged by the minute so they will most likely be brief.


Munich City Scenes:

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Hotel Sofitel: I believe this is the most hardworking room I've ever experienced.

• Hidden behind the curtains is an expandable desk -I'm having Andrew install them in every corner of our house.
• The bath can be completely closed off for privacy -what's the point in a king size bed? It may be difficult to see in this photo, but the entire bath can be closed w/a giant glass door hinged on barndoor mechanics.
  
• Additionally, there is one door that moves on another barndoor hinge between the toilet and shower. Who needs 2 doors?
• The trashcan is operated by a foot lever.
• The bathtub has 2 faucets: one waterfall deafening, one silent. Didn't matter to me, the tub kept the water warm for a very long time. I almost drowned in it from falling asleep!
• The shower has to shower heads: one streaming, one waterfall.
• The TV oscillates and is on an articulated shelf
  

We've got footage on a little digicam (bathroom only folks!! sorry to disappoint), but we need to finalize the disk before we can upload it. Video Forthcoming!