I physically left the city a while ago, but it still occupies my mind and my library of photos. I have a few strays left over that are just too good not to post.

Above, a great example of local architecture.

I love these kultur kiosks found around the city. In whatever city I am ever in, I enjoy studying the various posters advertising upcoming cultural events. You can tell a lot about a city from these sources.

According to Google Translate, the poster above advertises “a night of Munich singing, called Holy Night.” You can enjoy this event from Dec. 11 – 17 this year at All Saint’s Church. I’d love to attend. Want to go with me?

This next poster advertises something with which I was totally unfamiliar.

So of course I looked it up and Wikipedia tells me the following:

Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis (Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images). It was first performed by the Oper Frankfurt on 8 June 1937. It is part of Trionfi, a musical triptych that also includes Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. The first and last sections of the piece are called Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World) and start with O Fortuna.

The autograph manuscript of the work is preserved in the Bavarian State Library, and was issued as facsimile edition by Schott Music.

If you want to hear a sample, click on this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Orff-Carmina_Burana-O_Fortuna.ogg. Don’t you just love living in 2024 with the Internet?

If you are lucky enough to be in Munich on November 24th, you can attend this event.

Throughout the city there are random reminders of Munich’s past, juxtaposed with its present. I love this medieval tower that has been preserved.

Below, another example of beautiful local traditional architecture.

I the famous Viktualmarkt I spotted these young trees which are being trained to provide a canopy of shade in the shape of an umbrella. This is a completely new concept to me; I’ve never seen anything like it before and I love it! I want to try it at home!

In the grocery stores I frequented in Munich I spotted these packages of eggs, displayed right next to the offerings of fresh eggs. I explored the containers and found out that the Germans sell colored eggs, much like we make at Easter, apparently all year round! The eggs are hard boiled and they were available every time I was in a store in August and September, far from Easter.

That wraps up my miscellaneous discoveries in Munich for now. I hope to return someday soon!