Weißbier und Weißwurst (for breakfast)

I am in Munich; the Viktualienmarkt to be exact and I am on a mission

No - not here - Pfifferlinge - I know what these are.  Preiselbeeren? Hmm - look like Lingon - and following research - it turns out that they are

Cristina said "When you are in Munich - you must have Weißbier und Weißwurst in the Viktualienmarkt

...and you must eat them before 12 midday - Weißwurst must be fresh that day. With breakfast being amazingly expensive at the otherwise excellent Hilton Munich City Hotel and now as it is Saturday I am funding myself I walked into the city centre, nerved myself up and in atrocious German* ordered brunch.

So here I am with strong lager hitting an empty stomach (and rapidly bladder), already slightly dizzy with low blood sugar, been walking around for an hour or two and the air temperature is just below freezing...  I NEED A LOO!  These are in short supply - eventually I find a department store - but the loos are 7 floors up - ooh, ooh, ooh, ahhhhhhh....

*But you should hear the Munich accent - Pretzel is mangled as "brrrittzyl"

And here they are surfing in the Englischer Garten 

Each rider waits his turn and then tries to stay upright as long as possible - chilly water straight from the mountains.

A short Saturday morning walk through the garden reinforces my impression that Munich is very squarely right at the top of the First World - with the UK somewhere about 1.75

In the middle of the park is a Chinese Pagoda - where an oompah band was, fittingly, playing the "Eton Boating Song"  ("The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton" - but we did have a bit of help from the Prussians)

We can't afford a tunnel to hide the A303 at Stonehenge - but in Munich they can do new tunnels even for parks

The Deutsches Museum - sure to be earnest and educational  "ah yes, it is the world's largest museum of technology and science" (it helps if you read that in the accent and intonation of a slightly tired and emotional Michael Schumacher).  It was very good but in some areas - especially the electrical it very much was a historical museum.

Yes indeed - a whole gallery dedicated to "Modern Casting" - here fathers and sons watched in reverent attitude the demonstration and explanatory lecture before proceeding to methodically assess every exhibit "See young Helmut - how lost wax investment casting gives way to the modern continuous mechanism"

I worked on the Concast plant in Redcar back in 1985 - its not that modern - and really just a rip-off from Spira

Now here is something you don't see that often now-a days

Iron lungs were used to get Polio sufferers through the acute stage

There were some impressive aviation galleries at the museum - strangely though the whole 1935 to 1945 period was pretty much missing - shame - but there is an annexe out in the country - perhaps that is where the rest of the collection is displayed.

Strange to be outside the terminal and Munich - the Birmingham flight had 16 people on it - that is why it was so cheap and I could have a day of tourism in Munich and still save the company money.