Wednesday Vacation Blogging: Munich

Like Berlin, Munich was a quick stopover on our way to somewhere else (in this case, Prague). Also like Berlin, we ended up wishing we'd had more time to explore the city. Bad planning on our part. Next time we get to Europe, we hope to spend more than just a couple days in Germany. Here is a brief sampling of what we did manage to see while we were there.

This was the view as we stepped out of our hotel. I don't know the name of this church, but I liked the juxtaposition of it and the modern building in front of it on the left.

Obviously a recent addition to the ornate artwork that graces City Hall, this dragon appears to be menacing many of the older figures that have been there for centuries.

A poster in a store window made us laugh. Who can resist kitties? Even destructive ones like this one.

Seriously, the advertising in Europe just killed us.

Outside the ancient city wall.

In Berlin, there are fiberglass bears all over the city. In Munich, it's lions everywhere.

The lions come in two poses: like these two, on all fours, and others seated on their haunches with one paw raised halfway up (not quite in the Sieg Heil mode of the bears in Berlin, however).

"I don't think that word means what you think it means."

Mrs. Generik and her famous hair, unaware that she's getting her picture taken.

Yet another star of the public art world. A lion in his field.

How do you say "Heavens to Murgatroyd" in German?

The main town square at City Hall. It's actually probably called "something-platz," but my memory is shot right now.

The entrance to City Hall.

The City Hall clock tower.

It's all about the stauary there. Everywhere you look, there's sculpture peeking out at you.

...Like St. George slaying the dragon, here.

The dragon makes a comeback at night, though, and even gets his own spotlight.

Street musicians playing some wonderful classic compositions for pfennigs. Actually, for Euros nowadays.

Could it be... ?