At the entrance of the Englische Garten in Munich there is this sign. It reads: Once Elector Palatine Charles Theodore asked the strollers on a notice to not bother each other with their eternal greetings when passing each other. I don’t know if it worked.
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The river Isar flows through the middle of Munich. At one stage it’s divided into the main river and a smaller branch called Eisbach (ice brook) and just before the bridge which leads the Prinzregentenstraße over it one can see a crowd gathering most lunchtimes … Continue reading A Fun Lunchtime Break
Anytime, if the weather is halfway decent there is a crowd standing on this bridge, particularly during lunchtime. The bridge is in the centre of Munich, over a part of the Isar, the river flowing through Munich. Here is what they are looking at: The … Continue reading What Are They Watching?
When I was little I wanted to become a university student. I was growing up near Heidelberg, home of the oldest university in Germany, and I found the atmosphere of the old part of town exhilarating (minus the throng of tourists, of course). I didn’t … Continue reading I Wanted to Go to University
Burg Wildenstein has some steep stairs with slippery stone steps. If you don’t hold on to the rails you might get to the bottom faster than what you had planned. The stairs leading up to the bell tower of St Bartholomew Cathedral in Teplice have … Continue reading Below the Stairs
A subway station in Munich. FOWC with Fandango: Subway
This is the Friedensengel (peace angel) in Munich. Built about 20 years after the Franco-Prussian war the angel is an imitation of the Greek victory goddess Nike of Paionios (a Greek sculptor who lived in the 5th century BC), a synonym for a victory achieved with … Continue reading Oh, the Irony!
but the globus cruciger, royal regalia and symbol of authority. This one is held by the goddess Diana, standing on top of the Diana Temple in the Hofgarten in Munich. It was created in the early 17th century. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Orb
as far as plates go:
As I have no proper fashion plates to show nor a fashionista I present a mural.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Fashion Plate
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