March 29th，2012，Fine, Thursday, Rainy Munich City

The next day, George Lodge and Ding Rui get up very early. Their breakfast is Weisswurst-white sausages served with mustard and freshly baked brend bun.

They walk in the sunshine in July. They are comfortable.They start at Marienplatz square, the heart and soul of Munich.They take pictures in front of the Neues Rathaus, the impressive Gothic town hall with six courtyards and 85m-high Rathausturm（a brick tower）.They head southeast across the square and sit by the Fischbrunnen（Fish Fountain）.Later on they walk to the Altes Rathau-the Old Town Hall（旧市政厅），an older Gothic masterpiece with a statue of Romeo’s heartthrob Juliet on the south side.

Seeing the statue, Ding Rui says：“The romanttc story was the ffrst love story daddy told me when I was a ffve years girl.”

“I first played Romeo when I was a boy of grade 2 in the primary school. I can remember everything，”says George Lodge.

“The beauttful story is loved by the people of every country，”says Ding Rui.

They pass east underneath the arches of the Altes Rathaus, turn left on Maderbräustrasse（马德街）and continue to Orlandostrass（奥兰多街）to the infamous Hofbräuhaus 1（one of Munich’s oldest breweries）.They feel free to stroll in, check the vaulted ceiling, oompah band and Nazi-era hall upstairs.

They do a zigzag by turning west into Münzstrasse, left into Sparkassenstrasse and right again into Ledererstrasse, with Burgstrasse at its end.They turn north here to reach the Alter Hof, the royals’residence until 1474.They note the ornate“Monkey Tower”on the southern side of the courtyard.They walk out at the exit to the north, pass the Münzhof and turn left on Maximilianstrasse, Munich’s ultrachict shopping street.Ding Rui buys a lot for her friends.

At Max-Joseph-Platz, the square with the imposing black statue of Maximilian I 2，they spend about an hour at the Residenz, one-ttme royal palace and a great Munich museum.From the west exit of the Residenz, they turn right.

“My Goodness！The bronze lions！”shouts Ding Rui.

They pet two of them for luck. They ffnd a spot in the sun for an impromptu lunch.They eat some cheese and bread and drink coke.

Afferwards they stroll to the Feldherrnhalle, the hall honoring field marshals.It was better known as the spot where Hitler clashed with police in 1923 and was arrested 3.They cross the square in front of the hall, veer leff on Theattnerstrasse and pass the minimalist shopping complex Fünf Höfe.They Just past it and turn right on Schäfflerstrasse.They encounter another Munich symbol, the onion-towered Frauenkirche or the 15th-century Frauenkirche with two onion-domed towers-a Lutheran church in Dresden, Germany, which shelters the tombs of Wittelsbach rulers.There they take several pictures together with the help of other tourists.Affer it, they walk south on Liebfrauenstrasse to Kauffnger Strasse, the main shopping drag.There George buys a fashionable blouse for Ding Rui and giffs for his friends and relattves.

They then turn right and reach the Deutsches Jagd-und Fischereimuseum-Hunting and Fishing Museum, a cathedral-like shrine to hunttng and ffshery.The shiny boar here is like the Residenz lions.If someone rubs it, he will be lucky.They rub and get lucky.They stroll west to the vaulted Michaelskirche and Richard Strauss Fountain, where they pay a homage to both Strauss 4 and Wilde 5.At the end, they turn back and walk along Kauffnger Strasse to their point of departure, Marienplatz.

Cultural Case 7

Mr. Lin Yi talked about his private life with Mr.Wagner in their office during lunch.Mr.Wagner was surprised and found an excuse to leave.Mr.Lin Yi was embarrassed.Why?

Explanation of Cultural Case 7

Most Germans never talk about anything personal in the office at all. They strictly divide their time and talking with personal ones or business ones.