St. Peter's Church

One day last week one of my classes got cancelled, but of course only half the people checked their email, so about five of us showed up and then figured it out and decided to go to Marienplatz and walk up the tower of St. Peter's Church, since I was the only one that had been up there so far. Marienplatz is the main city center so I've been there a million times, always it seems on a Saturday when giant crowds of tourists are about, but anyway this time there are pictures to show you :)

The day we went was relatively clear, so you can actually see the Alps! Hooray!

You can barely see the Alps, but that's also why the Munich skyline is so flat. There's some city ordinance that doesn't allow tall buildings in the south of the city for that very reason. In the bottom right of the picture you can see a little street market with tents and such, that's the Viktualienmarkt. They sell fruit and veggies and bread, and a friend got soup there one time haha, but it's nice to just walk around. There's also a Milka "World" nearby, which is why we were there in the first place :) haha.

Now my pictures are gonna go in a big circle from the first one, to the left. This is the old town hall, that steeple thing. Currently I think it's a toy museum, and from the display case outside it's rather creepy.

Here you can see the beginning of the Englischer Garten and the Theatinerkirche in the distance, and part of the Rathaus (the new town hall):

The Rathaus with Glockenspiel :)

and the Frauenkirche:

The main street in this picture has lots of shopping on it, there's an H&M and a new Forever 21, which has a U.S. section containing a lot of denim (gross), and other department stores/higher class shopping where I can't afford anything. I also bought my dirndl on this street :) 

In the very bottom left corner you can kind of see a balcony beneath a greyish/black roof. That's the Glockenspiel Cafe, you have to go through this little arched walkway in one of the buildings and take an elevator (there were also stairs, ha!) up to the cafe. We went up there while meandering about one day when it was nice outside. You can't really see anything except the inside courtyard of the other buildings, but you can see the sky and enjoy the fresh air and delicious hot chocolate :) They do have a fancier, inside part of the cafe thats looks down on Marienplatz and at the Rathaus, which is to the left of the picture. Some day we're gonna go back for some cake in this fancier part, they all looked glorious when we peaked in at them.