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Germany Bavaria: Munich

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Not so limited editions- outside science museum Munich

Munich- seen the V1, here's the V8- TGX. The latest stuff! absolutely amazing engineering! 8 cylinder 680hp, torque of 3000 newton metres,

Enigma machines!!!! 100,000 built in WW2 for the Wehrmacht. Dutch invention of 1919 sold to the Germans. Hmm.

Fokker Dr.1 from WW1- only 7m wing span but relatively good lift allowed flying tighter curves than the allies could.only 320 ever built ie 8% of the fighter planes at the front. Rotation of propeller blades was synced with machine guns mounted behind the

Deutche museum : Foucault's 1851 pendulum -proof earth rotates. At north & south pole 90 degrees latitude north & South respectively the perpendicular plane of swing changes in relation to earth's surface.

Munich Science museum : Indian women bathing, keeping themselves above water with earthenware pots- wonder if pregnancy would add to buoyancy...?

Deutche museum Munich: this U boat had 12-22 crew with 2 rotating watchmen- this is the luxurious captains cabin! Diving depth of 30m with one torpedo tube and two reserve torpedos

Deutche museum: 42.4 m long, with 2 submerged electric motors of 200 HP - these charged batteries during surface, ballast tanks help submerge/regain surface buoyancy they are between pressure hull & outer hull (not pressurised). See the loo next to torped

Exit route for the torpedo - see the strategic

Deutche museum Munich - back end of a self propelled German torpedo. 1871 Foundation of tGerman Reich was the new basis for a German naval fleet, Kaiser Wilhelmiwas an enthusiast pushing planning thru the Riechstag

The end of a torpedo

Deutche museum Munich - German torpedo - relies on a magnetic exploder to activate it at he right time

U boat - 1919 Germans were forced to either destroy or handover their naval assets - Oskar Van Miller the founder of munich's Deutches museum negotiated keeping this one on condition it would be exhibited .

Train to Munich

Segregated bikers on the train from Nuremberg to Munich - their own specially adapted carriage !

Mosaics at Nuremberg station Hauptbahnhoff

Walking tour Munich- market Square moved from Marienplatz to Victualleplatz (spell?) in 1809, see 9 butchers shops- been competing for 200 years

Munich city tour - maypole made of one tree- tradition of stealing the other State's Maypole led to use of a helicopter and consequently a court case on 'fairness' of stealing it by means of modern technology !

The Hoffbrauhaus - 30,000 litres sold daily at times, was the venue of Hitler's first party rally/ big meeting

Lion Munich outside the Residenz

Munich - Emperor's courtyard built 19C although bits of the Residenz go back to the 14C- second largest Royal Palce in Germany.

Bomb damaged - hence the economic troupe d'oeil windows painted on! Fountain courtyard with Ludvig

Official govt HQ for Munich - supposed to be transparent legislature (! ) hence glass (u can't see thru!) was a WW1 war memorial at front but iit was ironically destroyed in WW2 - now rebuilt

Visited on recommendation - English gardens Munich

Oh my word - the women just take their kit off !! English gardens Munich - there's nothing English about that!!