Autumn Leaves
Nov. 4th, 2020 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I figured we could use some distraction while waiting - I know I could. So, I give you an autumnal beauties of Munich pic spam - trees and landmarks alike:

First, let's have some trees. I took these wandering through our city parks and on both sides of the river Isar.











On to the landmarks. That's the Monopeteros, in the biggest Munich City Park, called the "English Garden", the Englischer Garten. In summer, reliable to shock or delight, depending on one's pov, US tourists as a lot of people sun themselves au naturel or at least bare breasted. In pre-pandemic times, that is.

The angel statue in the back is the Friedensengel, the angel of peace, while a river god launges in the foreground.

We had the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, and the landmarks are still there. Like the Olympiaturm:


Or the lake:

I took these from one of the hills in the Olympiapark, which is where you also get a pretty good view over the city, with the Alps in the background:
Details:


Overview:

And now, two more autumnal trees for an epilogue:


First, let's have some trees. I took these wandering through our city parks and on both sides of the river Isar.
On to the landmarks. That's the Monopeteros, in the biggest Munich City Park, called the "English Garden", the Englischer Garten. In summer, reliable to shock or delight, depending on one's pov, US tourists as a lot of people sun themselves au naturel or at least bare breasted. In pre-pandemic times, that is.
The angel statue in the back is the Friedensengel, the angel of peace, while a river god launges in the foreground.
We had the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, and the landmarks are still there. Like the Olympiaturm:
Or the lake:
I took these from one of the hills in the Olympiapark, which is where you also get a pretty good view over the city, with the Alps in the background:
Details:
Overview:
And now, two more autumnal trees for an epilogue: