It’s Frühlingsfest (Spring Festival)!
I didn’t intend to take the uncle’s photo but….
This visit is kind of unplanned. SY just somehow either suddenly recalled or accidentally saw this on a tourist magazine (I forgot which one ><) and suggested a visit there before it ends. And of course, why not?!
Well talking about Spring Festival it must be some kind of festival that have bazaars with countless stalls of flowers, perhaps some fresh crops from the farms, maybe dailies too: Some kind of peaceful and relaxing agricultural image.
This year’s Frühlingsfest is held in Theresienwiese, we manage to get there within 30 minutes.
The Frühlingsfest!
Wait what?! This is “Spring” Festival? We were stunned the moment we get out from the subway, and without any mistake this is the Frühlingsfest!
The Frühlingsfest is a festival that is held to celebrate spring and to welcome the summer, and yea the weather is getting warmer lately. This theme-park-style festival is their way to celebrate it! (After I googled a bit, this kind of spring festival is not rare in Europe, and the largest one is in Stuttgart)
After calming down a bit (it’s really out of expectation) I somehow have a thought of “maybe it’s some kind of fun-fair look-alike thing”, but the moment I walked in it has proved me wrong: It’s more than a fun fair.
Top Spin: It spins you 360 degree in a big circle and also your seat! Of course I tried it! And it started to rain half way!
High Energy: I don’t know how to explain…. Spin and spin and spin and spin….
A proof of I did try it!
Go Kart.
Spin and spin and spin again!
Well there are some more but due to my current disappointing internet connection speed (can you believe it’s 64kbps?!) I’ll just select a small portion of them.
Not to forget a beer garden! (Inside the fest)
Oh did I mention about beer garden before? Beer garden is simply a place (usually open place) for people to have their drink of beer with foods. I dare to say that almost all Germans are good in drinking. The number of beer garden in Munich is almost countless, and they are always crowded with people (at least whenever I walked pass a beer garden). There’s a beer garden near my home called the Hirshgarten, which is one of the largest beer garden in Munich, that can accommodate 10000 people for beer drinking at the same time!
My lunch: Prawn rolls(?) with Cheese and Mayonnaise
It’s 3 euro but I swear the amount of prawns in it make it suit the price very well. Along the roll there are 3 types of cheese and mayonnaise filled, such that you can cut it into three portions for three different flavours. But it’s all in one now!
After getting on some rides and after the rain, due to financial constraint we set our way back. On our way back there’s this building:
Paulskirche (The Church of St. Paul)
The Paulskirche is a Catholic church which is situated in Theresienwiese (of course). It is 97 meters high, which is the highest tower in that region. Built in 1906 from 1892 with neo-gothic style, it’s quite a famous place but we didn’t know!
We Were Lucky
Ascending the tower of St. Paul is allowed!
Before that some interior look first.
The front door of the church.
The hall. It’s so grand and gave me a magnificent feeling.
The inner hall.
Looking from inside out.
The organ in the side hall and the Holy Gail.
And we ascend the tower!
Via this staircase!
Viewing the Frühlingsfest from the tower!
The view of part of Munich from the tower.
There are much more but those are left for facebook!
The moment we went home it’s about 9pm already. But the sky is still not yet dark.
At Hauptbanhof (Central Station): Look at the sky!
And it’s Sunday tomorrow!
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