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| From Deutsches Mus... |
A great place to spend a Sunday in is the "Deutsches Museum" (German Museum) in Munich. It's a huge place, with exhibits covering airplanes, mining industry, computers, glas making, natural sciences, music instruments and much more.
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Here you can see the red painted triplane, like the one flown by the "Red Baron" during WWI. Also shown are a few Messerschmidt fighters from WWII...
This reminds me of a joke:
A World War II pilot is reminiscing before school children about his days in the air force. (Joke best delivered with a good thick accent)
"In 1942," he says, "the situation was really tough. The Germans had a very strong air force. I remember, " he continues, "one day I was protecting the bombers and suddenly, out of the clouds, these fokkers appeared.
(At this point, several of the children giggle.)
I looked up, and right above me was one of them. I aimed at him and shot him down. They were swarming. I immediately realized that there was another fokker behind me."
At this instant the girls in the auditorium start to giggle and boys start to laugh. The teacher stands up and says, "I think I should point out that 'Fokker' was the name of the German-Dutch aircraft company".
"That's true," says the pilot, "but these fokkers were flying Messerschmidts."
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This museum is HUGE - make sure to take some water bottles and snacks with you, and don't forget your hiking boots.
Cheers, Matthias
