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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks at BE.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
That travel correspondent is Mike Yardley. He's here this morning,
Kilder Gilder, Jack.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Look, I was intrigued by comment you made to Nicky
Wicks this morning about how Ready flavors seem to be
trending with some sweet treats, and it reminded me to
ask you, have you tried a hot Cross bun flavored pie?
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Look?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I think it's all well and good for Brady flavors
to trend in some sweet treats. For some things, I
think there are limbs to that trend, and I would
very much put a hot Cross bun flavored pie beyond
those limits. No, I haven't fought one. Where can you
get one minute?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I am not a frequent flyer to meckers like yourself,
but I did actually fall off the wagon and you
can fly. You can find them at McDonald's Cross Bun
Flavored Pies, seriously, and they are actually really good. The
weird thing is chick and this is why a sweet pie.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Yeah, okay, okay, okay. For a moment that I thought
we were talking about like a mince and cheese, hot
cross bun flav No no okay, yeah, no, god, no,
got it.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Okay, So you know, you know how they sell, like
the apple pies and little Yeah. Yeah, so it's sort
of like one of them, I retreat favor.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
It's not beyond the I mean that that at least
is kind of in a consistent you know that at
least you're sticking sweet with sweet.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
You know that is true. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
The weird thing is it actually tastes more like Christmas
fruit cake because there's so much like spiced fruit.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
And yeah, they're really good.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
So is it like the kind of cinnamony and ye? Yeah, right,
is it is?
Speaker 4 (01:58):
It?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Is there like a liquid filling or is it all
just the dry fruit?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Yes, there's a bit of custard in there as well.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Look I'm coming quite quickly actually, yeah, yeah, you brought
me around very good.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Anyway, we're talking Munich this morning. Headline experiences in Munich
and this time the year would mean that what spring
is in full bloom.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Right certainly is jack Yeah, winter hibernation is over the
beer halls. Man, They are cranking in Munich, and even
the volume of crowds forming in April at Marie and
plants the old town square just huge, but one little mercy.
It's still a bit early for the birthday suits brigade.
(02:41):
I didn't realize this until a couple of weeks ago,
but apparently Munchners love taking their clothes off. So when
they're not wearing their later hosen, yeah, sort of. Come
May June, when the mercury rises, the banks of the
Isa River just morphs into this vast and naked sunbathe
(03:03):
in colony.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
So you have been warned if you're heading to Munich summer.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I feel, I mean, is it wrong for me to
say that the German people generally are sort of like
a kind of you know, are keen enthusiasts and members
of the nudist community.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
I don't know the nature. Yes, I think the barbarians
lead the way.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah, oh very good. I'm honestly weirdly enough, the older
I get, the more attractive some of that scenes, not
not necessarily the community, but the prospect of sunning oneself.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Liberation anyway, exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, So what is so good about the Platzel neighborhood
in Munich.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Yes, if you wander a really nice, authentic slice of
local life, in the old town. I reckon check out
the Platzel Hood because it's just got all these lovely
cozy cafes. There's a timeless, homely ambience to the Platzel
district in the old town. It's also where you will
find the Horfbray House, which is that temple like beacon
(04:04):
to Munich's be a tradition. This building was opened in
fifteen eighty nine, so that's a lot of Laggers since
fifteen eighty nine. Yeah, really good spot to feast on
port knuckle and fantastic lager. The one thing, Jack, the
more time I spent in Munich, the more noticeable it
(04:25):
is that Munschners tend to regard themselves as barbarians first
and German second. So like, yeah, it is a They
are the richest state in Federal Germany Bavaria and they
only became part of Germany a century ago. So yeah,
that's still got that quite zealous independent state of mind.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
That's curious, Okay, of course there is some dark history
in that part of the wood is the birthplace of
the Nazi Party. Does does that kind of historical imprint
Hitler's historical imprint still linger in Munich.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I struggled with this check because yes it does, and
I actually think the city's soul is still somewhat restless
about itgacy and the atrocities. The reason I say that
is there are still a lot of Third Rich landmarks
in the city.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
So you can still see the Fura building, which were
Hitler's offices.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
That, by the way, is where he signed that infamous
Munich agreement with Nebel Chamberlain. And I was talking to
some locals and they showed me the Eternal Flame to
the Victims of Nazi persecution. Amazingly, that was only recently
established because there had been years, in fact decades of
(05:39):
local resistance to that memorial being installed. So yeah, I mean, well,
what nearly eighty years since the end of the war
and those ghosts are still there.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Ye. One of the most sobering experience must be a
visit to one of the concentration camps and dacars close right.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Oh man, It's incredibly close. It's only a twenty minute
train ride away from central Munich and it is a
very somber inflection point to a visit to Barvaria. This
was the first concentration camp the Nazis established in fact,
at the time of the Berlin Games, the SS we're
running their training school of violence heed to Dark Hour.
(06:19):
So the camp today it's been frozen in time, as
was the wish of Dark Hour's survivors. So there were
I think two hundred thousand people who were forcibly brought there.
And you will see the barracks, the crematorium ovens with
tens of thousands were laid to waste the gas chamber.
It is powerful, it is shocking. But yeah, I just
(06:40):
think since it is eighty years this year since the
end of the war, these sorts of places still matter
to us today.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
From the horrific then to the fairy tale. What about
Bavaria's castles.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Oh, my goodness, you've got to see Nuisch von Stein Castle.
It is the year round star feature of Barbaria, and
it's like walking into a brother's grim story bok, because
it's sort of like peaks through the mountaintops like a
misty mirage. And it was the brainchild of the Barbarian
(07:13):
monarch Ludwig the Second. He was just obsessed by medieval
knights in Wagner's theatrical operas, so that all was very
much the inspiration for the interior content, You've got these
enormous tapestries the size of circus tents floored to selling
mosaics and frescoes, much of it showcasing scenes from Wagner's operas.
(07:36):
And then, of course along came Walt, doesn't he He
took a look at noise Wonstein Castle and was quite
inspired for the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Anaheim.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
So was he just eccentric or sort of completely mad?
You reckon?
Speaker 4 (07:50):
I reckon?
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Most people think he was certifiable, and there were just
so many There were so many amazing stories about how
Ludvig the second lived. He would sleep during the day
and at night he would get up, apparently and order
his servants to take him on a sleigh ride at
two in the morning through the country side. He ate alone,
but he always had a table set for four because
(08:13):
he had three imaginary friends.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
And I love this one, Jack.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
He would always have a horse dine with him at
the banquet table.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Of course, why wouldn't you so?
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yeah? Why not? Exactly? So?
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I mean he was quite unusual, and interestingly, the cabinet
ministers of Bavaria had him declared medically insane, just before
his mysterious death in the lake back in the eighteen sixties.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
So yeah, interesting story.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, what a fascinating part of the world. Just so
many kind of different elements to the to the culture
and history and Munich and yeah I've never been. I
love to go and you've painted a rich picture this morning,
so thank you. We'll have all the Mike's tips for
tripping through Munich up on the News Talks. He'd be
website you know where to go for more.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
From Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live to News
Talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, or follow the
podcast on i Upradio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks at BE.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
That travel correspondent is Mike Yardley. He's here this morning,
Kilder Gilder, Jack.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Look, I was intrigued by comment you made to Nicky
Wicks this morning about how Ready flavors seem to be
trending with some sweet treats, and it reminded me to
ask you, have you tried a hot Cross bun flavored pie?
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Look?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I think it's all well and good for Brady flavors
to trend in some sweet treats. For some things, I
think there are limbs to that trend, and I would
very much put a hot Cross bun flavored pie beyond
those limits. No, I haven't fought one. Where can you
get one minute?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I am not a frequent flyer to meckers like yourself,
but I did actually fall off the wagon and you
can fly. You can find them at McDonald's Cross Bun
Flavored Pies, seriously, and they are actually really good. The
weird thing is chick and this is why a sweet pie.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Yeah, okay, okay, okay. For a moment that I thought
we were talking about like a mince and cheese, hot
cross bun flav No no okay, yeah, no, god, no,
got it.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Okay, So you know, you know how they sell, like
the apple pies and little Yeah. Yeah, so it's sort
of like one of them, I retreat favor.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
It's not beyond the I mean that that at least
is kind of in a consistent you know that at
least you're sticking sweet with sweet.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
You know that is true. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
The weird thing is it actually tastes more like Christmas
fruit cake because there's so much like spiced fruit.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
And yeah, they're really good.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
So is it like the kind of cinnamony and ye? Yeah, right,
is it is?
Speaker 4 (01:58):
It?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Is there like a liquid filling or is it all
just the dry fruit?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Yes, there's a bit of custard in there as well.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Look I'm coming quite quickly actually, yeah, yeah, you brought
me around very good.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Anyway, we're talking Munich this morning. Headline experiences in Munich
and this time the year would mean that what spring
is in full bloom.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Right certainly is jack Yeah, winter hibernation is over the
beer halls. Man, They are cranking in Munich, and even
the volume of crowds forming in April at Marie and
plants the old town square just huge, but one little mercy.
It's still a bit early for the birthday suits brigade.
(02:41):
I didn't realize this until a couple of weeks ago,
but apparently Munchners love taking their clothes off. So when
they're not wearing their later hosen, yeah, sort of. Come
May June, when the mercury rises, the banks of the
Isa River just morphs into this vast and naked sunbathe
(03:03):
in colony.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
So you have been warned if you're heading to Munich summer.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I feel, I mean, is it wrong for me to
say that the German people generally are sort of like
a kind of you know, are keen enthusiasts and members
of the nudist community.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
I don't know the nature. Yes, I think the barbarians
lead the way.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah, oh very good. I'm honestly weirdly enough, the older
I get, the more attractive some of that scenes, not
not necessarily the community, but the prospect of sunning oneself.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Liberation anyway, exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, So what is so good about the Platzel neighborhood
in Munich.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Yes, if you wander a really nice, authentic slice of
local life, in the old town. I reckon check out
the Platzel Hood because it's just got all these lovely
cozy cafes. There's a timeless, homely ambience to the Platzel
district in the old town. It's also where you will
find the Horfbray House, which is that temple like beacon
(04:04):
to Munich's be a tradition. This building was opened in
fifteen eighty nine, so that's a lot of Laggers since
fifteen eighty nine. Yeah, really good spot to feast on
port knuckle and fantastic lager. The one thing, Jack, the
more time I spent in Munich, the more noticeable it
(04:25):
is that Munschners tend to regard themselves as barbarians first
and German second. So like, yeah, it is a They
are the richest state in Federal Germany Bavaria and they
only became part of Germany a century ago. So yeah,
that's still got that quite zealous independent state of mind.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
That's curious, Okay, of course there is some dark history
in that part of the wood is the birthplace of
the Nazi Party. Does does that kind of historical imprint
Hitler's historical imprint still linger in Munich.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I struggled with this check because yes it does, and
I actually think the city's soul is still somewhat restless
about itgacy and the atrocities. The reason I say that
is there are still a lot of Third Rich landmarks
in the city.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
So you can still see the Fura building, which were
Hitler's offices.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
That, by the way, is where he signed that infamous
Munich agreement with Nebel Chamberlain. And I was talking to
some locals and they showed me the Eternal Flame to
the Victims of Nazi persecution. Amazingly, that was only recently
established because there had been years, in fact decades of
(05:39):
local resistance to that memorial being installed. So yeah, I mean, well,
what nearly eighty years since the end of the war
and those ghosts are still there.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Ye. One of the most sobering experience must be a
visit to one of the concentration camps and dacars close right.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Oh man, It's incredibly close. It's only a twenty minute
train ride away from central Munich and it is a
very somber inflection point to a visit to Barvaria. This
was the first concentration camp the Nazis established in fact,
at the time of the Berlin Games, the SS we're
running their training school of violence heed to Dark Hour.
(06:19):
So the camp today it's been frozen in time, as
was the wish of Dark Hour's survivors. So there were
I think two hundred thousand people who were forcibly brought there.
And you will see the barracks, the crematorium ovens with
tens of thousands were laid to waste the gas chamber.
It is powerful, it is shocking. But yeah, I just
(06:40):
think since it is eighty years this year since the
end of the war, these sorts of places still matter
to us today.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
From the horrific then to the fairy tale. What about
Bavaria's castles.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Oh, my goodness, you've got to see Nuisch von Stein Castle.
It is the year round star feature of Barbaria, and
it's like walking into a brother's grim story bok, because
it's sort of like peaks through the mountaintops like a
misty mirage. And it was the brainchild of the Barbarian
(07:13):
monarch Ludwig the Second. He was just obsessed by medieval
knights in Wagner's theatrical operas, so that all was very
much the inspiration for the interior content, You've got these
enormous tapestries the size of circus tents floored to selling
mosaics and frescoes, much of it showcasing scenes from Wagner's operas.
(07:36):
And then, of course along came Walt, doesn't he He
took a look at noise Wonstein Castle and was quite
inspired for the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Anaheim.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
So was he just eccentric or sort of completely mad?
You reckon?
Speaker 4 (07:50):
I reckon?
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Most people think he was certifiable, and there were just
so many There were so many amazing stories about how
Ludvig the second lived. He would sleep during the day
and at night he would get up, apparently and order
his servants to take him on a sleigh ride at
two in the morning through the country side. He ate alone,
but he always had a table set for four because
(08:13):
he had three imaginary friends.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
And I love this one, Jack.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
He would always have a horse dine with him at
the banquet table.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Of course, why wouldn't you so?
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yeah? Why not? Exactly? So?
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I mean he was quite unusual, and interestingly, the cabinet
ministers of Bavaria had him declared medically insane, just before
his mysterious death in the lake back in the eighteen sixties.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
So yeah, interesting story.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, what a fascinating part of the world. Just so
many kind of different elements to the to the culture
and history and Munich and yeah I've never been. I
love to go and you've painted a rich picture this morning,
so thank you. We'll have all the Mike's tips for
tripping through Munich up on the News Talks. He'd be
website you know where to go for more.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
From Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live to News
Talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, or follow the
podcast on i Upradio
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