From Munich to Milan

We're off to Milan this afternoon, but I realise that we have not said much about our time in Munich. I suppose it's because we haven't done much here except relax!

One highlight - which was most awesome - was the Deutsches Museum. It was so good, that we ended up being kicked out at the end of the day.

We spent most of our time in the astronomy section, where there were an amazing array of instruments on display, including some from the time of Galileo!

I also loved the section on clocks. They were just beautiful. They had pocket watches back to 1500! I had no idea they dated back so far.

We also had a moment to check out telecommunications, weights and measures, agriculture and food technology (i.e. beer and Jagermeister), and maths (with engrossing hands on puzzles). Unfortunately we ran out of time for musical instruments, pharmacy and scientific instruments. Next trip, I guess!

Ich bin ein Verbraucher Hure!

We just went out for a most awesome meal. We ate our first pretzels; I had my first wurst. Dan had a hunk of pig that was positively medieval accompanied by a dumpling the size of my fist.

I also had my first German beer. It was a wheat beer with lemonade mixed through. Tasty!

We haven't done much today. We've been sitting around the hotel watching TV shows on the laptops, dozing and faffing around on the Internet. It's nice having a day to just laze around rather than running from one tourist attraction to the next.

For those of you who can understand German, you might be curious about the title of this post. It refers to the joy I get from asking for items in different languages and purchasing them.