If you like an elegant formal garden that’s not so big as to be un walkable (and really, who doesn’t?!) you’ll love the Hofgarten by the Royal Residence in Munich.

It’s been a subject for paintings by many eminent artists. For example, Max Stern painted it. Stern was a German painter and graphic artist of Jewish ancestry and this is his Hofgarten in early spring.

After days of cold and rain, yesterday was mild and somewhat sunny in Munich. It went from high summer to fall here overnight. The Hofgarten called to me for one last spin before I leave town later this week.

That’s the beautiful little Temple to Diana in the round.

Below is a view of the striking Theatinerkirche with its distinctive black colored domes as seen from inside the Diana Temple.

Bitte MÜNCHEN! I will miss you.