Happy 849th, Munich! 慕尼黑849歲了！

Munich is a very old town - in fact it's celebrating its 849th anniversary this weekend! The city put on a show with typical Bavarian - and sometimes medieval - flair, showcasing a lot of traditional arts and craft as well as food. It wasn't such a big festival this time round, but who knows what is in store when it's the next birthday bash! So next year, there's another good time to visit Munich apart from Oktoberfest - and trust me, the weather in June is generally better than late September (when Oktoberfest takes place)!

相不到慕尼黑已有849年歷史了！本週末市中心便舉行了一個小小慶典，街頭擺賣不少傳統手工藝及食品，頓時充滿巴伐利亞鄉土風采，還有點古時氣息。今年的慶典看來也非特別大規模，大概是要留待明年「大壽」才大搞一番吧！所以要是明年來慕尼黑旅遊的話，不一定等九月杪的啤酒節，這也是一個好的時候——況且六月的天氣一般都較好呢！

Celebrating with music and dancing
歌舞助慶

Time for ancient fashion! 潮流服飾興復古！

Busking 街頭賣藝

Some traditional handicraft ... 傳統手工藝

... and some rather post-modern ones! 也有用現代手法表現古代題材的

How can a Bavarian fest be complete without a beer garden?
傳統巴伐利亞的慶典，怎少得露天啤酒園？

A special message from this Bavarian friend to my readers: click and enlarge the photo to see it!
(If you still can't get the message, it says, 'Good Luck!')
這個巴伐利亞朋友給大家一個祝福，點擊放大相片後便可看到！
（看不懂也不要緊，他想祝大家好運！）

Comments

Subtropicalboy said…

Muenchen實在是一很好玩的地方﹗那些BierGarten實在是一流﹗

18/06/2007, 14:26

Unknown said…

你有買下一些手工藝作留念嗎?
相片中的小室小傢俬很有趣呢.

19/06/2007, 08:12

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