Big Day!

Big day!  Today by train we visited the very old and iconic city of München. Although the weather was not the best, we still had loads of fun.

 
München is the most amazing city I have ever been to. It is so old but yet so new. The city is split up in to almost circular parts. The centre is the older part of the city, 'Altstadt'. It has the most amazing architecture and buildings I have ever seen. The buildings must have taken years to finish fully. 

This is a group shot at one of the entry gates into the Altstadt

The churches in the area are wonderful. They have ridiculously fine details all over them. The biggest church in the whole of München, which we visited, is called the Frauenkirche. It is gigantic. The Frauenkirche is a very famous church. It is said that the man who built the building knew he would not have enough time to finish the construction in time, so he got some help from the devil, who said he will only help if the man gives the devil his soul. The devil said that 

In the background are the two steeples of the Frauenkirche

the man would have his soul back if the church had no windows. When the devil entered the church, from where he was standing he could see no windows so he stomped his foot on the floor and the man's soul was given back to him. The Devil's footprint still remains in the church. You can see it very clearly. If you want you can put your foot in the place of his and look to see any windows. Although the devil could not see any windows from where he was standing, there are actually windows all over the church. 

There was a downs stairs compartment to the church which had a dark and eerie hallway which was gated off. It was creepy as. 

After we looked through the church we stood outside listening and watching the church bells ring. The sound was awesome. A long time ago there was a big plague in the area which killed a lot of people. The people that survived were very sad. So the barrel makers decided to try and cheer them up by dancing. On the new town hall were figures that were the barrel makers, and at 11:00 and 17:00 they move and dance while the church bell rings. It was an amazing sight. München is wonderful.  
So that's me for this week's blog. Having a great time!

This is the Town Hall with the dancing figurines just visible about halfway up.

We went to BMW World where it is all about touching and trying things out, dreaming big.  I think the smiles say it all!

Interesting architecture that was part of the 1972 Olympic Village

Getting around town using the U-bahn (underground train)