Munich. 10: the Gardens & Market (慕尼黑. 10: 花園及街市)

This is one of the oldest buildings in Munich. It's been around since 1264!

They have also retained the old-fashioned signboards for some of its restaurants and pubs

Some of the restaurants placed their tables and seats outside

An old restaurant full of creepers



Let's check out the menu and the prices!

Flowers under the window sill

The same restaurant a little further off

One of the lions outside of the Residenz with a shield showing the Holy Virgin. For some reasons, a custom had developed: all passers-by think that they will have good luck if they were to touch the mouth of the lion at the bottom oft he shield

A monument to Karl Philipp von Wrede, a field marshall who fought important battles for Germany during the Napoleonic Wars

Another statue in front of the old city theatre

The wide street in front of the old theatre. To its left is the famous Hofgarten

Part of the Hofgarten, one of the oldest gardens in Munich, first completed in 1617 in front of the banqueting hall  of the Residenz, standing on what used to be a moat surrounding the Residenz

A flower bed

The Hofgartentor, the gate to the Garden

The leaves were beginning to turn a bit yellow

Its a garden frequented by locals too

The fence was in the shape of the G-clef

People cycling through the park

One of the garden paths, like so many French gardens, in pebbles

Many young people cycle here

in the rear of the garden is Chancellor's House

To one side of the garden is a theatre museum

At the centre of the garden is the  Hofgartentemple or Temple of Diana, designed in 1615 by Heinrich Schön the Elder.

The ground full of fallen leaves

Flowers lining the side of the path

Ah, another wedding

A classical guitarist playing pieces by Villa-Lobos, a famous South American composer for the guitar

Another photographer taking a photo

Another part of the garden

The ground was completely strewn with fallen leaves

The Chancery building at the far end of the garden

More cyclists on the park grounds

Taking a rest in front of the theatre museum

 Creepers all over the building at the side

The evening sun on the wall

Two young people relaxing on the lawn, enjoying a beer and text messages

Two young lovers

A mosaic over the door. The pillars show signs of damage, probably sustained during WWII when the city was heavily bombed and shelled

Another German hero

The leaves of these trees had turned completely yellow

The evening sun through the trees

The temple of Diana from another angle

Festsaalbaus, the Banqueting Hall of the Residenz

Flowers in front of the Residenz

More flowers

A shop window on the way back to the hotel

Another shop window

Dolls of wood

A young girl playing with two buckets on a neighborhood lawn of a neighborhood

Learning about some pickles

Learning rock climbing

Another brave kid

Roadside restaurants with tables on the pavement

The butcher's

Treated meat

More sausages, including those I had earlier in the day at the Hofbräuhaus

All kinds of meat and sausages

Business is brisk

Never saw such chubby sausages before

Seasoned pig's knuckles

The famous local food market

All kinds of fruits and vegetables

Drinker's dream

 

Cheeses galore

Cheeses with all kinds of herbs and spices

Mouth water dairy products

Colorful cow

All kinds of cooked beans

Tomato and cheese balls

All kinds of pickled olives

Pickled spring onions and garlic

Green peppers and red peppers stuffed with cheese

A beer garden right in the middle of the market stalls

A totem pole like sign in the centre of the local market

Souvenirs

More souvenirs

A market without flowers! Never in Germany!