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Archive for January, 2009

The Great Apartment Caper

Theresienstr. 3-Zi.-Whg., 4.OG/Lift, ca. 62m2, Parkett, Balk., sof., 800,- Euro + NK
We’ve had to learn a whole new vocabulary in our hunt for an apartment. The listing above is actually one of the clearest I’ve come across. Most are way more inscrutable. Apartment hunting in Munich is notoriously awful. There is a pretty short supply [...]

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Sunday in Munich

After several days of gray, gloomy, rainy, sky-spitting weather, it was sunny on Sunday! S and I took advantage by taking a long stroll through the English Gardens. As it is whenever it’s sunny, Munichers were out in force – faces upturned to the sun. I’m sure they could be used as a rudimentary sundial. [...]

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A Walk in Munich

Out the door, a left onto Amalien Str., a left onto Theresien Str., under Ludwig Str., a left onto Von Der Tann Str. and into…
The English Garden, or Englischer Garten, is sort of like the Central Park of Munich. It’s huge and has a couple of beer gardens, a lake, a couple of rivers, and [...]

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We’re Here!

Finally, 11 months after we first visited, we landed in Munich. Here are pictures of us looking bedraggled and jet lagged on our first night:

We’re on Marienplatz, where the world-famous glockenspiel is, about a 20 minute walk from our temporary apartment.

We’re getting spoiled with this apartment. It’s probably about 20 sq.M larger than what we [...]

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