Linz→Munich – 12 Jun 2024

At the Linz train station, I saw these grooves cut into the floor. Couldn’t figure out why they were there until I saw a blind person navigating it with their cane; the cane makes a noise when it hits the grooves.

This display tells where each car will stop relative to the platform so that you can easily find the car to board.

There wasn’t a lot of spectacular scenery on the trip to Munich; here are a few photos.

colorful building near Salzburg main station

This is near the Salzburg central train station.

Riverfront in Salzburg

Isartor

I got in early and wandered around the hotel area for a while. The hotel is near the Isartor (Isar Gate); the Isar is the river where Munich is situated. (By the way, Isar is often a word used in crossword puzzles.)

I found where the rent-a-bike stand was; here are some of the sayings on the bikes:

On the saddle, ready, go!

Stell dir vor, in München gibt’s mehr Radler als Helles.

Imagine: in Munich, there are more cyclists than light beers.

More pictures from around the area, crossing a bridge, and finding a tunnel with graffiti:

Man holding spray paint can next to large word SHY.

Two laughing children on back of a large fish

Woman sitting in front of a Munich building

Various figures riding a multi-person bicycle (part 1)

fire, mexican pro wrestler, robot, snake, and raccoon riding bicycle

Sloth (?), juice box, fish, volcano, and crocodile riding bicycle

Redhaired woman kissing black-haired woman, tiger, and man in lederhosen riding bicycle. Man in front is chasing a bird carrying a carrot.

karl mueller public bath building exterior

No idea what this is, but it looks neat.

Everything is Science (in front of Deutsches Museum)

I’m no fan of Oberammergau, but the poster looked pretty good.

This is on top of...

...the German patent and trademarks office.

What the snake and key have to do with patents, I got no clue.

The hotel

It’s pretty nice. I’m on the 2nd floor above ground (3rd floor in US):

Marienplatz

After getting situated, I took the S-Bahn to Marienplatz, where people were gathering to celebrate the EU Football competition. There were a lot of people from Scotland. One of them was playing the German national anthem on bagpipes. I enjoy bagpipe music—for about 30 seconds, so I have gotten that out of my system for the rest of the year. I decided not to hang around there too long; soccer fans + lots of alochol consumed = possibly not a place I’d like to be. At any rate, here are pictures from the plaza:

Amusing story: on the way back to the hotel, I saw these two guys and asked them (in German) where Tal street was. They looked at me and said they were from Scotland and didn’t speak German. So I asked them in English and (of course) they had no idea. Finally I asked some older German man, and he told me I was on the street and headed in the correct direction.