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1999 Austria / London / Munich: Munchen (Munich)
The end of our summer 1999 trip is at hand. They day before our return flight we arrive in Munchen (Munich), Germany. Rather than rushing tomorrow from airport to airport, we have a whole day to explore another place we've never been.
At Heathrow I checked our bags through to San Francisco, so Rose and I have only our day-packs with us. This makes travelling on the train from the airport to the center of town a delightful experience. No suitcases or backpacks to drag around. Ahhhhh.
When we arrive in the center of town we exit the train - a pleasant little thing which stops at a half-dozen places on the way - and head upstairs on an escalator. We emerge into hot sunlight and the spray of water from an array of fountains surrounding us. Disgustingly, the next thing we see is an old building converted to modern use by McDonald's. What once would have been a great example of German architecture and flow between spaces public and private is now a series of windows inviting us - in several languages - to eat crap. There are times I'm dissapointed to be a countryman of these pushers of commercial wastes. And people wonder why I shy away from spending my money in chain stores...
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