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Munich is awesome

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So I think I'm going to try this style, where all the words are just in the figure captions. Real wooden beer kegs still in use in Munchen (the German name for Munich). Here is a daylight view of the new Neues Rathaus (new City Hall). Yes, city hall is Rathaus in German. As with most things in Munich, it is mostly a reconstruction, as Munich was heavily bombed during WWII. At the nice outdoor market a block away from our hotel. I thought this was clever. It's stuff for birds to use in building nests and also housing for ladybugs. A chimera. Glyptothek. An amazing sculpture museum. More pictures below. Königsplatz ( König is German for King and platz is just place). The stonework in the plaza there is amazing. See what I mean? The white ones are marble. One of the treasures of the State Collection of Antiquities Museum (Antikensammlungen Staatliche Antikensammlung) .An amazing late Roman empire cup. On one of the grates over the gate into