Usually I write the reports in Russian, but now here`s another one in English and in another way.
Anniversary
Munich Diary
Day 1
30
January 2013
It
turned to be the beginning of spring in Munich. +11 and almost no snow
anywhere. There were just pieces of forest spreading along the land. Right,
just pieces, like they cut it off and left a bit enough for the landscape and
walking. These pieces keep the snow and look like waves in the sea with white stripes
of foam. So, here we are. They don`t clap anymore in planes after landing…
Russians got used to fly or they don`t know about the tradition? I don`t
know. That`s sad anyway.
This
time we were late for the plane, but they let us fly, `cause we registered
online. Came at 8:10, the plane was to fly off at 8:40. Lucky ones)
And…
I did a bit of translation work for a stranger! A simple one, actually:
questions like “how long are you going to stay”, “what is the purpose” and
“which town are you staying in”. The Germans on the passport check point did a
bit of grumbling about unwillingness of the Russians to learn foreign
languages, I guess, as I don`t understand German, and thanked me after. I`m glad).
***
The
good thing about GHotel is that it is “hotel and living”. It means that there
is a little kitchen in every room – a big cupboard with an electric stove, a
small fridge, a sink and a kettle. You may ask for a set of dishes at the
reception, which consists of 4 plates, 2 small cups with saucers, 1 big cup,
folks, spoons, a knife and a hardboard (for 2 people). I can`t live without
tea, so it`s nice to have a cup of it after a flight… with a chocolate borrowed
from the plane). Besides mom tries to keep us from
going to restaurants and got used to buy food in a shop, such as eggs, cereals,
pizza, salads etc. - everything that can be prepared in the room. There`s another hotel
near Rotkreuzplatz metro station, which is named similar to the station, is
cheaper, but it doesn`t have a kitchen block in rooms.
Yes,
I highly recommend GHotel. No, nobody reads this, that`s why it`s not an advertisement.
Perhaps you stayed there?
***
You
know what? I`ve seen a squirrel on the terrace on the 2nd floor of
the hotel! It was building something like a nest on a … tree there. May be I`ll
take a photo of it later, if it`s not gone)
Mom
is out for “business”. I`m just back from a shop, bought some products, spent
over 20 euro. Eggs, bread, butter, sausages, water etc. – as usual.
***
It
turned out that mom will stay out for the business. And I`m going there to do a
little of a translation work. Nervous a bit… All that terms, you know.
Day 2
31
January 2013
Spent
the whole day with my mom… there. Everything was fine with translation and I did well, I hope,
as almost nothing was a trouble. Glad)
Day 3
1 February
2013
Out
for the work again, but the woman, who usually does the work was here. It seems
to me that she likes that kind of talking… about how to live, to be successful, to be
independent. The main idea is that “Tell the Universe what you want and it will
give you. If you don`t, it won`t know and won`t give. But the problem is that I
don`t know what I want. And I have no determined answer for her. I know she
thinks that I`m a smallness, and I don`t want to be it, but that how the things
are going…
Day 4
2 February
2013
Marienplatz
is the central square in Munich with museums, temples and plenty of shops, in
other words a great place for walking. It`s interesting that you can find a
footprint of the Devil. He wanted a temple without windows, but he was tricked,
as the windows were hidden behind columns and were invisible at the entrance.
He was so angry that he stroke his foot on the floor.
As
for shops, there is a huge shopping mall Oberpolinger with all of that famous labels,
not far from it there`s a clothes heaven for men called Himmer. Down or up the
street (depends on where you are) you can find plenty of others situated on
both sides of the street. The most luxurious are at the Odeon platz.
That`s
when I spent my birthday and also I went by metro abroad for the first time.
Day 5
3 February
2013
Been at Alte Pinakothek today. There`re Rafael, Da Vinci, a lot of Rubens and many
others. Liked two pictures but I don`t remember the artists and names… (
Why
to go to Pinakothek on Sunday? The ticket costs 1 euro! Only on Sunday! In each
of the Pinakotheks! I`ve also been to Pinakothek de Modern, which I found… a
bit more interesting. That`s all because of that common topic of that Renaissance
pictures: God, God, God and God again. I took an audio guide in both of the galleries
in English because THEY DIDN`T HAVE IN RUSSIAN! WHY ON EARTH THEY DON`T!
There`s about one of the four of the visitors is Russian. Well, they lose their
profit…
Day 6
4
January 2013
Half
of the day spent in the hall of the hotel, the other half spent in the airport.
There was a heavy snowfall in Moscow, and many flights were delayed. Ours was
too. Also they wanted to show all of the territory of their airport, I guess,
otherwise why would they drive us around the whole for half an hour. Was
unspeakably tired in seven o`clock the next morning – that`s when they let our
baggage go. Sheremetievo is the worst airport ever.
