Saturday, March 17, 2012

St. Patrick's Day in Munich

So while der Junge is working here, I have the pleasure of undertaking my true dream job.  I am working out our travel plans and researching the places we are going to go, hotels, sights, events, etc. It is not an easy task and I take it very seriously.  So when I found out that Munich actually hosts a St. Patrick's Day parade, I was super-psyched and declared "we are going to Munich!" Because who doesn't love a parade? Especially an Irish parade!
So after all the plans are in place, train tickets, hotel reservation... I find out that actually Munich's parade was the Sunday before St. Patrick's Day.  What???
Yes, so I found this on another website, please forgive the incorrect grammer, it has been Google-translated from German (Google translate has been my best friend here!):

Q: Why can not direct the parade on 17 March instead of the actual St. Patrick's Day?
A: The parade takes place on the Sunday before St. Patrick's Day. This has very pragmatic reasons. It is much easier to get regulatory approval for the closure of one of the main streets of Munich and the Odeon Square in the heart of the city. And finally, we would not wear on a normal weekday so many people.

Which amounts to, no parade for us, because by the time I found this website, it was too late. :(

Ah but, next year St. Patrick's Day is Sunday and we have all year to decide whether to go to the Munich parade OR maybe even go to Ireland??? Hmmm.... 

So although we missed the parade, we did make it a good trip and we had beautiful weather (it was actually a rainy weekend last week for the parade anyway). We also went to the Deutsches Museum, which is a must-do for any trip to Munich and especially if you have a science nerd in your party (this is not an insult as I use the term "nerd" in the most loving way and der Junge is also a self-proclaimed science nerd :)

My science nerd :)
What is that?!
(oh yeah, and some of the exhibits are not translated into English yet, the museum is working on this , so it actually comes in handy to have your science nerd available for explanations!)
Der Hund looking very pensive
Note der Junge and Deutsches museum in background!

1 comment:

  1. Ah, the pragmatism of the Germans, and the joy of being with a science nerd! Kiwi does not look like she is impressed with either!

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