Empress : Kaiserin: Muenchen

Donnerstag, Juni 28, 2007

Muenchen

[Sorry I lost the momentum of the posting. Uploading the pics on blogspot is a pain in the ass! >:EEEEEEEE So after three days in vain I turned to Photobucket, which proves a friend. ^__^]

8.30 Uhr at the Hochschule and found out that there wasn't any need for me to take the theory section. Was that a good or bad sign I had no idea, though I prefer to be pessimistic. So, this is the start of my holiday. :D

We decided to take a morning stroll around the Koenigsplatz area. Mum always wanted to see what was at the end of the street and we found ourselves at Karolinenplatz. Out of boredom I suggested walking an entire circle around the monument (of some kind), and sighted Frauenkirche, looking as majestic as ever. We didn't know we were still so close to the city center. ^__^;;

Then it was time to check in into another hotel. I really didn't like the previous one anyway, so I was fine with this arrangement. At Karstadt to buy some hiking maps - I was having plans to be adventureous again... XD Then at Ludwig Beck where there was such a huuuuge collection of classical recordings, but I could only grab a Liszt volume recorded by Leslie Howard... because the cds were pricey here, and I should spare a thought about how much weight we were going to carry home at the end of the trip. This was just the start of the journey!

If there's something I'd recommend doing in Munich, that would be tryig out the Viktualienmarkt's "Krustenbraten". I'm quite sure only one food stall at the Markt sells that, and it's rather expensive for its size, but it's heavenly. Personally I prefer it to the famous Schweinhaxen.

The May Pole at Viktualienmarkt - it's too tall so I had to split it into half.
Another pic from Viktualienmarkt
Giant shrimps! :O

We walked our way though unfamiliar streets and alleys and reached the Bayerisches Staatballett... and located Schuhbeck's beside the Ballet House! I have read about it before in a travel itinerary but soon forgotten about it. Everyone got to taste their home-made ice cream, but they also have their on chocolate and spices shops sandwiching the ice cream one. The queue was crazy.

Getting lost - I thought the little figure is rather cute, whatever it is up there for
We discovered a spacious and cool opening admist the hectic city center! I believe it's called Alter Hof
Really loved the apartments at Alter Hof
Bayerisches Staatballett
Schuhbeck's ice cream!!!!!! Is love ^__^

Along Maximilianstrasse we walked passed the Muenchner Kammerspiele and then Schauspielhaus, and realized that the street caters not only for the rich (you have Huge Boss, Doir, blah blah shops along Maximilianstrasse) but also for performing arts lovers. Out of curiosity we wandered down the other end of the same street (opposite of Nationaltheater). Mum wanted to check out a curious-looking building and I reckoned it was at the other side of the river. We never came to find out - it was really very far away. -__-;

Muenchner Kammerspiele
Schauspielhaus - nice lovely poster there, isn't it? *__*
LOL

I finally entered a bookshop I've been dying to visit since last year, and although it did not have the Liszt books I thought it would have, I found some really cool biographies and books about music and theatre there. :D

We crossed the Nationaltheater and Odeonsplatz to take the subway train to the Universitaet stop, I having challenged everyone to finish covering the whole length of the Englischer Garten before sunset. Ahaha, we did it in three hours! It killed our feet totally. I absolutely did not expect us to end up at the Studentenstadt subway station; that's waaaay further than I thought we would have walked! We covered an entire transport network zone. ^__^;;

Finally took the subway home, but not before ending the evening with a stop at the Hauptbahnhof - Currywurst for dinner. Yay!

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Poster advertising the new opera "Alice in Wonderland", which will be premiered on the opening night of the Munich Opera Festival, an one-month event. Another one with Kent Nagano below.