We had a slow start to the morning today. For no particular reason.....
We started out by going to the Munich Science Museum.
These guys were trying to figure out the sundial.
It turns out this museum is MASSIVE. We started with the Power Machinery.
It starts with Muscle Machinery and progresses up through Catalytic Converters.
It covers muscle, water, wind, and steam power machines.
It starts with Muscle Machinery and progresses up through Catalytic Converters.
I think this is the history of steam power, either way someone got their wig blown off.
We passed through the history of Shipping/Sailing and wandered into the history of Aviation.
This is a turboluftstrahltriebwerk.....or something. I mean it's a turbine; I know that.
We did quick trip through Space on our way to the history of Printing.
Dan is convinced that whatever the astronaut is holding is a random prop some poor intern got told to make. "We need something sciency! Go glue an antenna on a coffee can!"
And now, the printing press:
Model of Gutenberg's printing press.
Old typeface cabinet.
We left Printing and headed to Technological Toys.
This is a Laufroboter. It bots laufros.
Original Legos!
Old school Erector Set.
And lots of block sets.
I wanted to find something called the Sundial Garden. So up the stairs!
And then there was the.....I don't remember what this part was, but there were lots of gadgets. I left Dan in the hall of gadgets to wander through Geodesy to get to the Sundial Garden.
Here are some fun views from the roof of the museum:
And ALL the sundials!
In order from back to front a sundial for Italic and Babylonic times, for Sidereal time, for Altitude, Azimuth, and the sign of the Zodiac, and for Universal time and Temporal hours.
I declare this Pinhead's Sundial.
It is ALL the types of sundials.
Around this time we had all had enough and decided to go find lunch and maybe take a nap.
We found a crazy science experiment going on when we were leaving.
As I said, the museum is MASSIVE. We barely saw any of it honestly. Check it out here.
Ernie is also enjoying Oktoberfest.
This restaurant tried to be outside while you were inside.
We walked a bit through downtown on our way back to our hotels.
A billboard thing for Inside Out. Fun fact, the German word Kummerspeck translates to "grief bacon". It's the weight you put on when you eat your sorrow.
Flowers at the market.
The Rathaus decorated for Oktoberfest.
I think this guy was being art, but I'm not sure.
So many people!
Escalator posing! And by posing I mean not paying attention.
We changed, probably napped a bit, and headed out to an Escape Game.
We succeeded but it was not my favorite room that we've done so far.
After the escape we headed back to the Oktoberfest fairgrounds.
Where we found the line of people who had already done themselves in.
SOOOOO many people! Turns out Saturday evening at Oktoberfest is packed.
All the tents were closed, so we went with Plan B and went downtown to the Hofbräuhaus.
Amusingly enough we were surrounded by Italians at Hofbräuhaus.
Beer vision perhaps....?
After lots of sausages, pretzels, some other food, and of course beers we called it a day.
This time they were paying attention.
I finally got an Oktoberfest cookie! And....I promptly ate it. It was okay.
I asked when buying it, just to be sure, that they were edible and not just decorative.
This concludes our adventures for today.
