The Viktualienmarkt
Please allow me to take you on a visual tour of one of my favorite places to be in Munich, in the old city center, a few blocks from the Marienplatz. You can build a stellar gourmet picnic, stock your pantry, and lighten your wallet a lot in this markt! Colin and I walked through and looked at all the delicious and delightful things on sale.
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| Bottles of Johannisbeere (Johannis berries on the right in the basket) and Holunderblüten (Elderflower) liqueurs and syrups....so great as a splash in Prosecco or sparking wine |
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| It started raining but I didn't even care... |
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| This lady is wearing a really nice dirndl...something pretty common, and seems to be more and more common the closer to Oktoberfest it gets! |
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| Olives galore! |
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| Yes, we're in Munich, Germany, but that's fresh made pasta and gnocchi! |
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| It makes you want to eat your veggies, doesn't it!?! |
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| Fifteenth centry advertising...the Maypole. It shows a symbol of the craftsman or merchant located in that town. This one shows all the city's six great brews and the crafts associated with brewing. There's definitely a cooper, because you can't have a keg party with a cooper to make the keg barrel! |
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| Dried herbs and flower crafts...it smelled so good. |
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| Those are wreaths from fresh hops (green ones). I wish I could bring one (or several) home! |
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| Hop swags. Those are fresh hops, likely grown just north of Munich. |
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| I LOVE hydrangeas. Everything grows so well in the mild summer climate here! |
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| Wine bar/cafe |
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| Little fresh plums |
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| Colin was telling me what he wanted to eat for a snack and all the fruits he liked! |
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| I want this one, and this one, and what's that one? and I don't want to eat those, and those are yucky, but I like nectarines, Mommy, can you get me some nectarines please?... |
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| Cheese shop...what's your pleasure...they have it ALL!!! |
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| And a wine pairing just outside the door to go with your cheese |
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| Summer wine, Vinho Verde from Portugal...yum! We discovered that when we lived in Houston... |
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| More cheese... |
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| Cheese from all over Europe... |
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| And a little "ham" |
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| the sign translates to Honey house...nothing but all different types of honey! |
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| He runs away, then comes back...train in hand! |
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| This lady walking down the street looks like the wooden one right there! |
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| Leaving the Viktualienmarkt looking toward the Marianplatz just around the corner |
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| The hop on-hop off double decker sightseeing bus full of tourists...great for a rainy day! |
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| Artist's wares on display |
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| Colin would only walk on the red stones in the cobbles..... |
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| Or run.... |
So, he got in the stroller, we got on the S train to our stop and home for naptime!
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