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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Travel advisories 旅遊忠告

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issues travel advisories for all countries in the world, and the list is nothing short of exhaustive. Obviously Hong Kong’s perpetual air pollution gets a mention (and it touched the nerves of the local media), as well as the haze that descends upon Singapore between July and October. But Australian major cities are not totally spotless in regard to air pollution. Last Saturday I was quite surprised by the reduced visibility on the roads when driving under the broad daylight of noon. Since it was not supposed to be a foggy day, the only possibility was a haze or smog of some kind. I never thought that it could occur on a day with lighter traffic like the weekend. The lab where I am working now is located on the 8th floor of a hospital building adjoining the main building of the research institute, and we have to go through an outdoor stairway whenever we want to enter or exit the main building. The stairway offers an unhindered vi...

A nosy foodie 隔鄰飯香

My colleagues usually bring their own lunch to work and we gather in the tea room for lunch every day. When I have lunch together with the Chinese group, we all like to peek into each other’s lunch boxes, sing praises of each other’s food and exchange a few cooking tips. But when I sit with the locals, we hardly pay attention to, let alone comment on, other people’s food (although I still carry the bad habit over from the Chinese group!) I guess that’s partly because there isn’t so much to talk about on sandwiches or the standard fare from the hospital canteen, and partly because it’s probably only kids who are so nosy about other people’s food! One of my colleagues is a mother of two and both children are attending primary school. In their school, pupils are only allowed to have lunch in classrooms under supervision so that they won’t be able to swap food and eat something wrong in so doing (especially food that triggers allergy or other undesirable reactions). With so many people cro...

Signs of modern China 看標語，知國情

My trip to mainland China allowed me to have an appreciation of what's going on in this vast country, although it may not be very deep in such a short time. 這次到國內一遊，除了遊山玩水外，也可瞭解一下國情——那管祇是匆匆一瞥，不是太深入。 The slogans and government advertisements offered glimpses into what life was like and the concerns of the populace in the various places we visited. Interestingly, the focusses were all different depending on the part of the country, according to my local friends. 祇要留心四周的標語和宣傳，大概對不同地方的民情和關注的社會問題都可以略知一二。當我嚮導的朋友說，在國內不同地方的題材都有所不同。 On our way from Shanghai to Xitang , we changed buses in Jiashan County which was full of publicity for the military. We wondered why that was; could it be that there were many military personnels living there? 從上海往西塘，在嘉善縣倒車時，到處都看到支持軍隊的宣傳，究竟是不是那裡軍人較多？ Translations: Top left - wide, deep and continued effort to support the military, care for relatives of the personnels, support the government and care for the ordinary people. Top right - your love for the count...

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