Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Tuesday July 05, 2005
So getting caught in the rain the night before made me sort of sniffly when I woke up. I was worried that I might get sick! Not cool! But I wouldn't let my sneeziness and runny nose stop me from continuing to explore Munich. I stopped at the apothoeke (pharmacy) at the train station, bought some cough drops, and kept going. Today was still rather rainy, so would try to stay indoors. It sounded like a museum day to me. The Deutsches Museum sounded particularly interesting to me. It was a large technical museum filled with large numbers of machines of various types... trains, cars, rockets, windmills, computers... everything. When I got there, I discovered it was filled with thousands of screaming German school children. I knew that today was going to be a frustrating day.
The airplanes, of course were cool... especially the World War II planes. Here's the Messerschmidt 163 Komet and 262 Schwalbe, the first rocket and jet fighter planes in the world:
Also, the V1 rocket:
The computer section was pretty cool, too... here's some Enigma machines:
I spent some four hours in the museum looking at the piles and piles of stuff. On my way out, I dropped my camera. It fell off the side of some stairs... straight down about three stories. I thought the camera would be smashed. Amazingly enough, even though badly damaged, the camera still worked and I was able to continue to use it to take and look at pictures for the rest of the trip. What a tough little camera!!
So, I went back to the hotel to try and salvage my pictures from my camera, recharge, and prepare to go back to the Hofbräuhaus again. I was going to meet Doug and Lynette from the night before. Unfortunately, I was late (the clock in my room was running fast), and the place was so packed, that I could not find them. Sadly I went home. On my way back, I saw a curious sight... the first conveyor belt sushi restaurant that I've ever seen outside of Japan! I did not eat there, but I took a picture!
The airplanes, of course were cool... especially the World War II planes. Here's the Messerschmidt 163 Komet and 262 Schwalbe, the first rocket and jet fighter planes in the world:
Also, the V1 rocket:
The computer section was pretty cool, too... here's some Enigma machines:
I spent some four hours in the museum looking at the piles and piles of stuff. On my way out, I dropped my camera. It fell off the side of some stairs... straight down about three stories. I thought the camera would be smashed. Amazingly enough, even though badly damaged, the camera still worked and I was able to continue to use it to take and look at pictures for the rest of the trip. What a tough little camera!!
So, I went back to the hotel to try and salvage my pictures from my camera, recharge, and prepare to go back to the Hofbräuhaus again. I was going to meet Doug and Lynette from the night before. Unfortunately, I was late (the clock in my room was running fast), and the place was so packed, that I could not find them. Sadly I went home. On my way back, I saw a curious sight... the first conveyor belt sushi restaurant that I've ever seen outside of Japan! I did not eat there, but I took a picture!
# posted by Rob Szumlakowski @ 2:00 p.m. 
