Before even most locals are awake & certainly the tourists are still dozing, this might be the nicest time of day to be wandering through the streets of Munich. The light is certainly nice for photos, and there’s an expectancy in the air. What might this day in Bavaria’s capital hold in store… Continue reading At the Marienplatz in the wee hours
Month: May 2015
Goethe’s dapper collection of well trimmed bums
Have walked by this statue countless times, normally at night, and never paid much attention to who it was. Sure enough it’s Goethe. Who? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. You know him, right? I associate him with Weimar. I’ve written about him elsewhere, and I’m sure I could riff on him here if I put… Continue reading Goethe’s dapper collection of well trimmed bums
Somehow empty without her
Joking about the statue having her own action figure on social media, I got plenty of questions about exactly where she was. At the entrance to the western side of the Ludwigsbrücke that goes over the Isar River in Munich there are several pylons, each of which has its own statue. There are two… Continue reading Somehow empty without her