Munich

 Munich did not treat us very well given that we spent more time at the airport, talking about the airport, and re-arranging our flights than we did looking at art.

In addition, it felt like the Munchkins seemed to be hung over after Oktoberfest. Service was well below what we had come to expect (slower or non-existent), people felt less friendly, and more gruff and ruffled than almost anywhere we had been post-Covid. 

Fall is here in Munich

THB and DB are back at the Charles Hotel. It sparkles, the staff less so. Having to ask 3 times for coffee at breakfast seemed strange. 

another ancient tower with a modern clock

the beer is excellent at lunch

Pretzels with salt

sausage platter for 2

Asam church, you are only allowed in the smallish foyer

uh oh, another beer-at-lunch pic

our room at The Charles

a Fedex drop off point for the "last mile"...that's a bike on the left

elevator to the underground garage? 

it's an exercise class near the front of the Museum

looking down at the rotunda, somehow we started on a floor with no art

Baselitz right side up

Emil Nolde

Tschabalal Self - THB and DB saw here work on one of our trips to Baltimore (NIH...does it still exist?)

Richter...THB likes this one a lot!

Jenny Holzer

Baselitz as normally hung...upside down

Rauschenberg

Metzel

hung high up on the wall

Jochen Klein 

Kopf

Ida Applebroog

Joannis Avramidis

Thomas Locher: chairs in a circle on the wall

Judd

Twombly

Andre

art movers turning the corner

Chamberlain

Dali

not Kaneko 

design section 

One of the best displays of art jewelry in any museum 

SCHMUCK is the big art jewelry show, held in Munich in the winter

you can walk down stairs from the rotunda or take a hidden elevator

Gerd Rothman

THB goes to get his and DB's bags: the key fits in the lock and doesn't open the door. 10 minutes later THB has found someone who uses aa long screwdriver to jimmy open the locker

museum minimalism 

We have gone to Conti for lunch, we ate here last year. Since then they are in midst of remodeel.

DB burger

THB has rare roast beef sliced thin. No rosti potatoes, they have a limited kitch 

And here is the temporary kitchen!

Side view

Leaving town, we're back in one of least fave places: Munchen Airport 

our flight home has been cancelled and now we are checking into the Hilton at he airport. They are next to a convention center and the room is around $510 with breakfast. How bad was it? It took 25 minutes to check-in...how can a major hotel chain be that slow...just wait!

we are dining at a brew pub, a popular place to meet-up for travelers with a layover

not Airbrau, this for a private party in the  giant lobby of the Hilton

breakfast: stone cold waffles or decent hash browns?

on the flight from Munchen to Denver, UA is again serving sundaes. THB gets a melted one, then turns it in for an almost frozen one. 

See pic below

Very reassuring? A short layover with possibilities of tornadoes! the way this trip is going we'll be on the plane on the tarmac when they announce there will be a delay while the tornado blows over. Hey, we're weather veterans, the last time we flew internationally there was an earthquake (Istanbul)

THB has told this joke for years. The pilot announces that we will have to make an emergency landing and you can use your seat cushion as a flotation device. Hell, most of the passengers will be using their seat cushions as toilets!

Now THB can tell the joke a different way. He is rushing to the restroom to use it as a tornado shelter