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
Decorous: Dress used to be much proper and seemly in days gone by. Monument: Bavaria guards Munich or possibly just the Octoberfest field. Petalled: Begonias are kind of neglected (by me) but they do have a nice array of petals. Bright: The most common kind … Continue reading Five of Five
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
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
In Munich, the intrepid surfers had a different idea. They surf on a permanently standing wave in the Eisbach, a part of the river Isar, in the middle of town:
The three arches of the Carolingian gatehouse of the Imperial Abbey Lorsch from the 8th century.
The three arches of the Munich main fire station (Hauptfeuerwache) from the beginning of the 20th century.
A mixed commercial and residential building with three sets of bay windows in Heinsberg.
This is not Bavaria the country but the female personification of the country (or German state) as she looks over Munich, the Bavarian capital.
She stand over 18 metres tall and weighs almost 90 tons.
She towers over the Wiesn, officially called Theresienwiese – a large, barren place that in September each year (except when COVID is around) is covered by beer tents and amusement rides and turns into the largest and oldest Oktoberfest of the world.
To the north is St Paul’s Church with three imposing spires.
And just a bit to the right the iconic towers of the Frauenkirche, the Cathedral of Our Dear Lady, can be seen over the roofs of the nearby houses.
Munich has an open air food market in the middle of town which is well known, the
Originally, an early farmers’ market it developed into a meeting point for housewives, chefs, gourmets and tourists. Among the more unusual finds are statues of beloved Munich actors from times gone by.
Some of the stalls feature their own sculptures.
And if one is lucky, one might even find what one came for in the first place:
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Market Finds
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