We got to tour Munich yesterday and I must say that our tour guide was excellent. She was able to answer multiple questions and give us detailed information on everything around us. A significant difference between Berlin and Munich that I noticed were the symbols such as the bear and monk. The symbols told a lot of the history of the city like the resistance of the church in Munich or the bear symbolizing the strength of the capital. In Munich, there are many churches and it seems as people here have a religious focus. Berlin seemed to have been a typical city kind of like New York. After the tour in Munich, it seemed as if the royal family had a greater influence in Munich than Berlin. The October Fest started in Munich and is great part of German culture because of the royal wedding celebration that created the festival. There are many more pubs and breweries in our area in Munich than there was in Berlin. This could have been due to the division of the East and West in the center of Berlin that could created a lack of diverse breweries in Berlin.
I really enjoyed learning about the resistance during the war and religious people involved. I never heard of the resistance during the war so its always interesting to here stories about them. It was even more interesting to hear about the Nazi movement beginning in Munich and how lives were lost from both parties (Nazi and police) during the Nazi march. The city has so much history behind it and really has contributed a lot to the German culture.
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