JPNIt was raining in the morning.
I was out of the youth hostel at 7, I don't know why I woke up so early...
As everything was still shut, I had a cup of coffee in Burger King (a bad idea).
Then took an underground train to Isator station, where Deutsches Museum was.
I owe thanks to Mike for lending me his umbrella, it rains quite a lot in Germany.
Deutsches Museum was built on a small island on river Isar.
I got in as the museum opened at 9am.
I really enjoyed this museum.
Not like the British Museum, where it requires you to have some preliminary knowledge to fully appreciate the importance of displayed objects,
the Deutsches Museum is open for adults and children who have no pior knowlege.
The museum explains everything from who built the thing, why it was built, what significance the invention had on human civilisation
and what impact it gave to it.
This was one example of the explanatory labels, it was very well written.
The living condition in the immigration ships to America.
The German submarine, U1.
The cabin was so small...
There were a lot of airplanes displayed.
The museum explaines in detail how the history of air travel developed, starting from
Wright brother's aeroplane to the modern jumbo jet.
This was quite interesting to look at.
This was the so-called Foucault's pendulum.
Leon Foucault proved that the earth is rotating, by using this model.
The actual length of the string he used was 65 meters, the one in Deutsches Museum was 60 meters (which was still impressive to look at).
At the north/south pole, at 90 degrees latitude, the earth surface will rotate the plane of the clock once every 24 hours (as it is equivalent to the earth's rotation).
At the equator, the plane of the clock does not move at all.
In Munich, the pendulum rotates by approximately 11.5 degrees per hour.
By gazing at this slow moving ball, you can almost feel the earth's movement.
Textiles
Astronomy
Sailing
If you have kids and happen to come to Munich, you must bring them to this place.
When I got out of the museum, I noticed that the rain had stopped.
I walked to the Viktualienmarkt.
This square was full of shops selling all kind of things from fruits, fish, beer and wine, spice, cheese and meat.
There was a big beer garden also.
I went passed this Rathaus (city council building) quite a few times, it is truly an impressive building.
I walked towards the north of the city to Alte Pinakothek, which stands just opposite of Neue Pinakothek, where I visited yesterday.
This museum was just as I expected, containing a lot of 14-18th century paintings.
There were a lot of Rubens' paintings.
The entrance to this museum was only 1 euro, after student discount.
I noticed that in Germany, student discount is quite powerful, often giving you more than 50% off.
Hofgarten, opposite of the Residenz, the palace.
I wanted to go to this modern gallery, quite simply named Pinakothek der Moderne, built right across the street from Alte Pinakothek.
But I didn't have time, it was closing in half an hour when I entered.
Some random fountain.
As I was walking back to the youth hostel from Alte Pinakotheck,
I came across these people playing big chess.
The landmark church in Munich is the Frauenkirche (the two clock towers), it is more than 100 meters high,
so it was quite difficult to photograph from close distance, you need a very wide angled lense.
By this time, I was pretty exhausted, so I went into St Michael:s Church and rested.
Church is not a resting place.
So I prayed, thanking for this wonderful day and the peace of mind.
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