First of all, thank you all for your comments! I haven't figured out how to reply individually, but I do appreciate them! Amy, I will try to take photos of their house when they're out and post them! haha
Saturday was an eventful day - After taking the garbage to the dump I visited Munich for the first time! I honestly don't know why, but I was expecting Munich to be kind of a boring, North American-y, big city. It isn't at all! I absolutely loved it! We had the first really sunny day in a while, and the weather was perfect. I went with 3 other au-pairs again, Eliz, Adinda, and a new au-pair, Silvia, who speaks only Italian. It took about 10 minutes to translate even the smallest passing comment! Fortunately, we were meeting up with another German speaking Italian in Munich, so we had a better translator coming. (Silvia lives in my town, however, so I have since signed up for a refresher Italian course so that we can still communicate until her German is better!)
When we got up from the U-bahn station into Marianplatz there was a massive demonstration against NATO going on so it was absolutely packed and very exciting for those of us who are currently living in the countryside. Marianplatz is the main city square. Beside it is the gorgeously gothic city hall, and a little ways further is Our Lady's church. We went by the Reisidenz and walked through the Hofgarten, passed the square where Hitler stood to deliver speeches, and went up the tower by St. Peter's Church to get a 360 degree view of the city. One of the things I loved about Munich was that there really aren't any skyscrapers. The buildings are tall, but restricted to a few stories, and so the skyline is dominated by church towers and beautiful old architecture.
We had a late start and decided to go out for dinner instead of seeing some other sights so I plan to go back soon to see the Deutches Museum, Residenz Museum, and Schloss Nymphenburg (Palace) or one of the many Pinotheke (art galleries). Next weekend, however, is Schloss Neuschwanstein (look it up - seriously!)
Saturday was an eventful day - After taking the garbage to the dump I visited Munich for the first time! I honestly don't know why, but I was expecting Munich to be kind of a boring, North American-y, big city. It isn't at all! I absolutely loved it! We had the first really sunny day in a while, and the weather was perfect. I went with 3 other au-pairs again, Eliz, Adinda, and a new au-pair, Silvia, who speaks only Italian. It took about 10 minutes to translate even the smallest passing comment! Fortunately, we were meeting up with another German speaking Italian in Munich, so we had a better translator coming. (Silvia lives in my town, however, so I have since signed up for a refresher Italian course so that we can still communicate until her German is better!)
When we got up from the U-bahn station into Marianplatz there was a massive demonstration against NATO going on so it was absolutely packed and very exciting for those of us who are currently living in the countryside. Marianplatz is the main city square. Beside it is the gorgeously gothic city hall, and a little ways further is Our Lady's church. We went by the Reisidenz and walked through the Hofgarten, passed the square where Hitler stood to deliver speeches, and went up the tower by St. Peter's Church to get a 360 degree view of the city. One of the things I loved about Munich was that there really aren't any skyscrapers. The buildings are tall, but restricted to a few stories, and so the skyline is dominated by church towers and beautiful old architecture.
We had a late start and decided to go out for dinner instead of seeing some other sights so I plan to go back soon to see the Deutches Museum, Residenz Museum, and Schloss Nymphenburg (Palace) or one of the many Pinotheke (art galleries). Next weekend, however, is Schloss Neuschwanstein (look it up - seriously!)