Munich off the tourist track 無遊客蹤影的慕尼黑

Come and see what most toursits to Munich miss out on! (Click to enlarge pictures.)
一般遊客看不到的慕尼黑，就由我帶各位見識一下吧！（在相片點擊一下即可放大。）

Martinsried/Planegg
The suburb/district in which the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (where I am working now) is situated
我工作的研究所（馬普生化研究所）所在之區域

21-03-2006

A small local church
本區一座小教堂

18-03-2006

Planegg town centre
Planegg 市中心

24-03-2006
Happy Billiard - a place for billiard and other forms of entertainment, the one and only in Martinsried. See my lab in action at the billiard tables!
Martinsried一家名為Happy Billiard的桌球室，亦是區內唯一的娛樂場所，我和同事下班後娛樂一下。

Max Planck Institute 馬普研究所

There are actually 2 institutes on the Martinsried campus, namely biochemistry and neurobiology. Martinsried is in the process of becoming a research hub with the Bavarian Innovation Centre and the 2nd Biology Department of Ludwig-Maximillians University (the top German university) moving into a site opposite to the Max Planck Institute.
此間的馬普研究所，計有生化及神經科學研究所。馬普研究所對面的土地，現建有巴伐利亞創新中心，將來德國最佳大學─Ludwig Maximmilians大學的生物系亦會遷入，令Martinsried成為生物研究集中地。

29-03-2006

Bavarian Innovation Centre on the left, dwarfing the Max Planck Institute on the right
左邊是巴伐利亞創新中心，右邊較矮小的是馬普研究所。

29-03-2006

The main entrance to the Max Planck Institute
馬普研究所正門

Famous Streets 究竟街名主人翁是誰？

Glad to see that scientists can also make their names on local streets! Find out about them.
這些名人，科學家是也。你知道他們是誰嗎？

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