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Before my family vacation this summer, my parents gave me two sets of riddles to solve to find out where we were going. Let's see if you can guess what country/city we were visiting this summer and then I'll tell you more about my trip. The two sets of clues are below:
Country: _________________
• One of the biggest scientists of the 20th century was born in this country. He came up with the famous equation that dad likes to talk about.
• This country has been home to many famous composers.
City: _____________________
• This city hosted 1972 Olympic Games.
• They have a famous soccer team.
• This town is famous for making beer.
If you guessed Germany for the country and Munich for the city, you are correct! To follow is my blog about the things we've seen and enjoyed.
Munich is a great place to learn about history and nature because of its many interesting museums and parks including the English Garden with its fascinating plant life. For the older kids or adults who like to learn history, bring them to the heart of the old town, Marienplatz. Marienplatz is full of magnificent old buildings that have been standing there for more than 300 years! Can you believe that those buildings are some of the very few buildings that survived the bombings of the World War II ? Munich is a perfect place to learn about the Nazi party and Hitler. In fact, Munich is the place where the Nazi Party was founded. As a proof, you can go to an art museum that was built in 1937 and was used to spread Nazi propaganda through art.Munich has a lot of cool places to visit that are just a few hours away by bus. For example, you could get tours to Salzburg, Austria, the city where the famous musician, Mozart, was born. The city of Salzburg has a ton of history about Mozart, houses many holy churches, amazing statues and, of course, delicious Austrian food such as Viennese biscuits, Mozart cake, or kiwifruit tarts. You could also go on other tours in Germany like Dachau concentration camp which was the very first concentration camp in Nazi Germany. You can also learn about amazing castles and medieval fortresses, built by kings more than two hundred years ago.
If you are a person who likes to learn about cultural traditions around the world including foods, Munich is a fascinating place to visit. Munich has dozens of traditional restaurants that have many traditional German foods and drinks such as Frankfurters and obviously beer. Beer was made in Munich since one thousand years ago and the people in Munich got pretty good at making it. Beer is so popular in Munich that they even built a restaurant named Beer Garden and celebrate beer each year during the October Fest. Too bad I couldn't taste it! BeerGarden is also kid friendly because, it has a regular menu, with so many different types of meats. What I also liked was that Beer Garden was not all about the food: after the kids were done eating, the waiter brought them some toys to play with and take home.
My family and I had a lot of fun in Munich and if you ever go to this fascinating city I am sure you will have a lot of fun as well.
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