Beautiful Autumn
Oct. 29th, 2010 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakToday I went to the library to pick up some books, and because it was a sunny day, I went through the city park, the Englischer Garten. Which looks absolutely stunning right now with the colourful leaves, so I couldn't resist taking some pictures.
In case you're wondering, the city park of Munich is called "English Garden" because the two competing styles for gardens back when every little German princeling wanted to have their own mini Versailles were the French and English variations. The then duke of Bavaria went for the English one, as you can see here:
The "Seehaus" - "house by the lake" - which offers both a beer garden and a proper restaurant. You can rent boats in summer.
The various little rivers are all branches of the Isar.
Here's the Chinese Tower, which has the largest beer garden of the park.
More great combinations of trees and light:
From this part, you can see one of the signature silhouettes of Munich lurking behind the treeline:
Sometimes you notice the Alpine landscape isn't far:
Then there's a little Japanese Tea House with mini Japanese Garden around it:
By sheer coincidence, this family strolled from the teahouse:
The Englischer Garten even has a place for people to surf, I kid you not. Behold:
Now, is this not a place to live?
In case you're wondering, the city park of Munich is called "English Garden" because the two competing styles for gardens back when every little German princeling wanted to have their own mini Versailles were the French and English variations. The then duke of Bavaria went for the English one, as you can see here:
The "Seehaus" - "house by the lake" - which offers both a beer garden and a proper restaurant. You can rent boats in summer.
The various little rivers are all branches of the Isar.
Here's the Chinese Tower, which has the largest beer garden of the park.
More great combinations of trees and light:
From this part, you can see one of the signature silhouettes of Munich lurking behind the treeline:
Sometimes you notice the Alpine landscape isn't far:
Then there's a little Japanese Tea House with mini Japanese Garden around it:
By sheer coincidence, this family strolled from the teahouse:
The Englischer Garten even has a place for people to surf, I kid you not. Behold:
Now, is this not a place to live?
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Date: 2010-10-29 04:32 pm (UTC)Your pictures are wonderful. The second one is exactly what I like to do with my camera : playing with the sunshine hidden behind the leaves.The fifth one is fantastic too - water adds to the beauty of the scene.
Red leaves are also such a brilliant color for trees.
I took several photos as well during the week , both from around home and scenery from my childhood , in the mountains ( where I go back on a regular basis). The weather was superb and the light just inspiring-ly beautiful. I will post them .:)
Thanks for sharing yours.
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