We boarded our train at 8:44 in the morning and got to Munich at 10:30. At the train station we ate Krapfen, jelly donuts without a hole. Walking out of the airport, we boarded the Straßenbahn, a train which rides on rails on the street. We got out at the Athens square, full of magnificent Greek-style buildings. It was built for a German king who liked the buildings of Greece when he went to visit.
Then we went to the Alte Pinakotek, a building containing gigantic 14th century paintings. There was a painting by Rubens stretching from ceiling to floor, at least 20 feet tall. It was filled with people falling from Heaven to Hell, and not a single one of them had hands.
After this we had to hurry to the St. Peter's church for mass. On the way we saw a crowd of at least 30 people craning their heads over a bridge. We looked over the bridge and saw surfers! They were riding on a big wave in the middle of a small river. The surfers would go back and forth a couple of times and then attempt an aerial and crash into the river and swim for the shore.
To be continued tommorow...
Your mom and I used to go look at the Rubens a lot. He was famous for paintings of chubby women, but did a lot of paintings of animals - hunting scenes, etc that are almost comical to look at. I remember the Hoelensturz (sp?), but I do not remember that they all were missing hands. What is the significance?
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Dad, remember the birthday card about Rubens? 'His paintings are very good, but he can't draw hands!'
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