While Meredith went to Tbilisi, Evan and Brian went to Munich. In addition to enjoying great beer, the highlights of our trip were the Deutsches Museum, one of the best science and technology museums in the world, and the performance of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" at the Bavarian State Opera.

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We only ran into one instance where European attitudes towards American politics came up. This sign greeted us as we arrived in Munich: "Save the real America! Bring Bush and Cheney before the Nuremberg Tribunal!"	A view of the Frauenkirche, the symbol of Munich, from the vantage point of St. Peter's Church.	The New Town Hall and the Marienplatz below.	The fountain of the Marienplatz, the center of Munich, from the Peterskirche.
Crowds gather around the golden statue of Mary.	The Viktualienmarkt, a huge open air market, has a maypole at the center advertising the six major Munich breweries: Paulaner, Spaten, Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Löwenbräu and Hofbräu.	A nice view of the city from the Peterskirche.	The facade of the Bavarian State Opera house.
The tower of the Deutsches Museum has possibly the world's largest thermometer, hygrometer, and barometer.	The amazing sundial garden included this polyhedron with a different sundial on each face.	Evan really enjoyed the sundial garden, even though the sun decided to stay hidden during our visit.	Munich and the Isar river from the roof of the museum.
A view of downtown from the museum. The Peterskirche, from which many of my city views were taken, is the church just in front of the Frauenkirche on the left.	One of the many highlights of the Deutsches Museum was the ship models from different periods in history.

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