{"id":11148,"date":"2015-01-14T22:11:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T22:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=11148"},"modified":"2017-05-10T20:14:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:14:53","slug":"munich-musings-flammkuchen-and-passport-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/munich-musings-flammkuchen-and-passport-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Munich Musings – Flammkuchen and Passport Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In our old life, as well as Royal Parks and Palaces<\/a>, we had a certain city on our doorstep (as you’ve heard many many times). \u00a0 \u00a0Once children came along, and the daily commute into London was finally over for me after 8 long (but mostly fun) years, we found ourselves rarely going in to “town”. \u00a0 I guess when you know that a place is always there, and you can visit any time you like, you never do… \u00a0It was easy to take for granted anyway.<\/p>\n

And with Munich literally on our doorstep here, but with the knowledge that we most definitely aren’t “forever residents”, we try to pop in as often as we can. \u00a0There’s always a new area to discover, something we haven’t seen before, and of course the lure of foods that have become favourites, or that we haven’t actually tried yet.<\/p>\n

And so, with the added urgency of the realisation that two of our passports are about to expire, and upcoming travel ahead, we ventured into town in almost near hurricane conditions (no exaggeration) at the weekend in order to get passport photos done, amongst other things. \u00a0 \u00a0Three failed attempts later (including one set taken with eye levels too low, correct formats rejected by me because I thought it was some odd lacy border – it was the biometric one that I needed – and one set rejected by the small girl because “she didn’t look right” and is currently far too young to realise that nobody ever looks “right” in a passport photograph!), and with successful photos now in hand it was most definitely time for lunch.<\/p>\n

It might have been stormy, but the sun was shining, so we walked the length of Leopoldstrasse and Ludwigstrasse, and on to Odeonsplatz – past arches<\/a>, lions (and on this occasions polar bears) and into another kind of Royal Palace for lunch – The Pfalzer Weinstube<\/a> is housed in a wing of the Residenz<\/a>, once home to Bavarian Kings and other important folk for around 400 years.<\/p>\n

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