Day2: 13/04/06 Munich
Frauenkirche and Rathaus
Assamkirche
Chemistry is cool!From this day onwards TK and Yj kept taking medication: herbal tea for Tk (whose collection of herbal tea in his backpack is unbelievable) and Yj, having no meds with him, kept taking flu tabs and panadol from me. And of course, Tk's army 100mg Vitamin C tabs (hmm he kinda took >2 at one time) and my 1000mg Vitamin C efferversence tabs :)
Nevertheless we did a lot of walking. We started the day with Anfred bringing us to Assamkirche, a church integrated into a row of buildings. He explained to us about the rock-like structures at the entrance as the trend during the Baroque period whereby people fancied associating their architecture with nature. It was closed for cleaning, so we couldn't get in. Hence we walked to Marienplatz (City Centre) where we parted, and the 3 of us attempted the 300+ steps to the viewing platform on top of St Peter's Church.
The viewing platform gave a very good view of the whole city of Munich; the churches were almost always the tallest structures in the cities. We took quite a lot of photos there (it was not as cold already because the sun is up!). However, due to the fact that it is really tiring, we never attempted to climb up anymore church towers from then on.
We visited 3 churches that day: St Peter's, Assamkirche and Frauenkirche (The Church of Our Lady). Of the 3, Assamkirche is the most impressive, though it is the smallest. St Peter's was the normal kind we would see all the time. Frauenkirche, although its exterior is deemed the symbol of Munich, the interior is simply plain; that was probably due to the church being actually reconstructed after the War as it was then reduced to rubbles. Assamkirche, on the other hand, has very rich decor; every possible space on the walls and pillars are filled with some carvings or statues or frescos or painting. It could stun you if you have not seen something similar before; the Chinese culture had nothing that could be compared. It was just something European.
We visited Assamkirche during lunchtime on our way to Deutsches Museum; we munched another Bratwurst sandwich on our way. Before that, we were at Marienplatz, looking at the animated clock tower of the Rathaus (City Hall) turn and move as it struck 12. The chime was discordant, the animation was interesting but not exactly imressive, but the Rathaus itself is worth mentioning. It was built with a Gothic (or Neo-Gothic? I couldn't tell) style; the whole exterior was full of all kinds of spikes and pillars and it looked just black and white, compared to the generally red/green colour schemes of the Munich churches. Also, if you see it first time, it might look really strange: that's how I felt.
Deutsches Museum is a technological museum displaying all sorts of artifects pertaining to the development of science, especially that happened in Germany. On display were the original experiemental set-ups used during the discovery of nuclear fission, all sorts of engines at all stages of development, dissected planes, a USSR spaceship landing capsule, etc etc etc. We spent one whole afternoon touring half of it. The chemistry part was particularly interesting; you can press a button and the system will mix chemicals together to show you numerous chemical reactions. The bad thing about that place is that most explanatory texts are written in German. Nevertheless, if you are a science student, you will definitely find that place fascinating. There definitely will be one part that interests you.
By the way, Deutsches Museum is the place where we took the first TK shack photo!
At dinner we continued our conquest for German food. We went to Weisses Brauhaus, another beer hall, and ordered similar stuff as the day before. The only difference was the TK was so shack that, although there was meat in front of him, he couldn't finish it and must resort to eating the Saurkraut (Pickled Cabbage) to ease his pain of 'wanting to eat but cannot eat'! Hence the second TK shack photo!
Nevertheless we did a lot of walking. We started the day with Anfred bringing us to Assamkirche, a church integrated into a row of buildings. He explained to us about the rock-like structures at the entrance as the trend during the Baroque period whereby people fancied associating their architecture with nature. It was closed for cleaning, so we couldn't get in. Hence we walked to Marienplatz (City Centre) where we parted, and the 3 of us attempted the 300+ steps to the viewing platform on top of St Peter's Church.
The viewing platform gave a very good view of the whole city of Munich; the churches were almost always the tallest structures in the cities. We took quite a lot of photos there (it was not as cold already because the sun is up!). However, due to the fact that it is really tiring, we never attempted to climb up anymore church towers from then on.
We visited 3 churches that day: St Peter's, Assamkirche and Frauenkirche (The Church of Our Lady). Of the 3, Assamkirche is the most impressive, though it is the smallest. St Peter's was the normal kind we would see all the time. Frauenkirche, although its exterior is deemed the symbol of Munich, the interior is simply plain; that was probably due to the church being actually reconstructed after the War as it was then reduced to rubbles. Assamkirche, on the other hand, has very rich decor; every possible space on the walls and pillars are filled with some carvings or statues or frescos or painting. It could stun you if you have not seen something similar before; the Chinese culture had nothing that could be compared. It was just something European.
We visited Assamkirche during lunchtime on our way to Deutsches Museum; we munched another Bratwurst sandwich on our way. Before that, we were at Marienplatz, looking at the animated clock tower of the Rathaus (City Hall) turn and move as it struck 12. The chime was discordant, the animation was interesting but not exactly imressive, but the Rathaus itself is worth mentioning. It was built with a Gothic (or Neo-Gothic? I couldn't tell) style; the whole exterior was full of all kinds of spikes and pillars and it looked just black and white, compared to the generally red/green colour schemes of the Munich churches. Also, if you see it first time, it might look really strange: that's how I felt.
Deutsches Museum is a technological museum displaying all sorts of artifects pertaining to the development of science, especially that happened in Germany. On display were the original experiemental set-ups used during the discovery of nuclear fission, all sorts of engines at all stages of development, dissected planes, a USSR spaceship landing capsule, etc etc etc. We spent one whole afternoon touring half of it. The chemistry part was particularly interesting; you can press a button and the system will mix chemicals together to show you numerous chemical reactions. The bad thing about that place is that most explanatory texts are written in German. Nevertheless, if you are a science student, you will definitely find that place fascinating. There definitely will be one part that interests you.
By the way, Deutsches Museum is the place where we took the first TK shack photo!
At dinner we continued our conquest for German food. We went to Weisses Brauhaus, another beer hall, and ordered similar stuff as the day before. The only difference was the TK was so shack that, although there was meat in front of him, he couldn't finish it and must resort to eating the Saurkraut (Pickled Cabbage) to ease his pain of 'wanting to eat but cannot eat'! Hence the second TK shack photo!
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