MUNICH PART I

so here it comes....

Englischer Garten yesterday evening

a bit about Munich and places I love.
I am very fortunate to live in the Altstadt which is the old historic part of Munich and close to the city center. So love to take long walks in the Englischen Garten. The Enlische Garten is what  the Central Park is for New York. Just a green oasis in the city.
You got to see the world famous Eisbach. I you wonder what it is: The worlds one and only river surfing spot. My neighbors are surfers. and every morning they go surfing. Yesterday it had like 30 cm of snow. They dont care!
Go to youtube and search for Eisbach München or Eisbach Munich. you will find some amazing videos.

See the SNOW on the side! 

It was really really cold 

So when I noticed I never took pictures of the Eisbach myselt, I went there yesterday evening after work. And guess what: people surfing. in the freezing cold... 

Not far away from the Eisbach is the RESIDENZ If you want to see crown jewels go there. It is the former royal palace of the Bavarian Monarchs right in the City Center. From the outside it is not as great as maybe Neuschwanstein. Actually it is quite unimposing from the outside. I mean it is still a nice historic building but not as eye-catching. But from the Indside... 

The Antiquarium of the RESIDENZ

Another MUST SEE: PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE

It is Munichs Museum of modern Art. Markus and I ♥ going there. Especially on sundays. Admission ist only 1 € then. How great is that. you're not supposed to take pictures of the Andy Warhols and Wassily Kandinskys and all the other great pictures. There are a lot of pictures. But the building itself is a piece of Art. Oh not to forget about all the Design objects... GREAT PLACE TO BE! 

Markus staring at.. 

...this

So this has to be enough for today. But I promise there will be a PART II... maybe about Food...

That's why

So about valentine's day: I am not really sure how to feel about it. I think it is great if you show the people you love your affection. I do not feel so great about overpriced chocolate, flowers and restaurants...

I think real love does not need a special day so last week without any special occasion, I got this

and That's why I ♥ him

 

Oh by the way: I also got some very sweet flowers for valentine's day and I loved them. so really do not know how to feel about it... 

peaceful München

I was on my way to work yesterday morning. It snowed and it was just so quiet and peaceful. It felt like all the noise this city usually makes was absorbed by the fresh snowfall...

cupcake ♥

I am in ♥  with cupcakes. Here in Germany they are still something special. only certain pastry shops have them. so browsed the internet and found some recipes. Most of them were measured in cups/spoons... bummer... I converted them to the metric system but the cupcakes never turned out they way I wanted to. Especially the icing/frosting part... I was about to give up on cupcakes when on of my friends invited me to do a cupcake-workshop with her here in Munich! It was so much fun and the recipes are amazing. I am thrilled. I am officially a cupcake-holic. They are not the typical colourful american cupcakes but never mind...

life lately

There is a lot to catch up since I did not very well on blogging more often...

In December I had a ton of exams so studying was pretty much all I was doing...

Christmas has been busy. I guess for everyone... Back and forth between various Christmas dinners and family members. Good thing Markus family and mine live close together.

I usually have two weeks off during Christmas but this time it was all about giving skiing lessons. Normally I only do one course during winter... so far it's been three... But I met the cutest kids and had a lot of fun. 

But I think I have not slept in one single weekend since Christmas. Always getting up early is a little bit crazy. My inner clock is set on 6.30 am no matter what. 

I also went skiing just for fun with friends....

Next weekend there is no skiing for me and I honestly think I forgot what I usually did on weekends... but I am happy to have some time to catch up with friends and maybe relax a little bit... 

One more thing: I found this very cool app, where you can age yourself... so this is how I am going to look when I am 70 :-)

now

then