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Skywatch 3 December 2016

December 3, 2016Posted in Skywatch FridayTagged sky, skywatch6 Comments

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Skywatch Figueres

November 11, 2016Posted in Skywatch FridayTagged art, artist, Dali, Girona, photo challenge, photos, sky, skywatch3 Comments

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Skywatch Catalonia, Spain

November 4, 2016Posted in Skywatch FridayTagged Barcelona, photo challenge, photos, sky, skywatch6 Comments

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Which Way in Freising

September 28, 2016September 30, 2016Posted in Cee's Which Way Photo Challenge, Skywatch FridayTagged Cee's which way photo challenge, Germany, photo challenge, photos, sky, skywatch4 Comments

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Oktoberfest, Grapes and Sunshine

September 22, 2016September 23, 2016Posted in #weeklysmile, Echoes Of My Neighbourhood, Skywatch Friday, Three Things ThursdayTagged cars, celebration, grapes, Munich, sky, skywatch, smile, thanks, three things thursday6 Comments

*three things that make me smile: an exercise in gratitude – feel free to steal this idea with wild abandon and fill your blog with the happy*

The world’s biggest beer festival, Munich’s Oktoberfest, has opened with six million revellers expected just as the German city is grappling with a record refugee influx. The celebration of traditional Bavarian culture with its oompah music and beloved frothy beer kicked off when Mayor Dieter Reiter cracked the first beer barrel with two mallet blows and offered a toast to a “peaceful” Oktoberfest.

our grapes this year – yay! We’ve just been making grape juice from our nutribullet

sunshine is here! it has been raining these past days, but now, we have sunshine!

So, what made you smile this week?

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Scenic Munich

September 17, 2016September 17, 2016Posted in scenic weekends, Skywatch FridayTagged Munich, photo challenge, photos, sky, skywatch2 Comments

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Ottobrunn Street Festival

September 10, 2016September 11, 2016Posted in scenic weekends, Seasons, Skywatch FridayTagged celebration, fun, general blogging, Munich, photo challenge, photos, season, sky, skywatch, street16 Comments

Hello everyone! Lovely day here in Bavaria. We cycled to the next town to celebrate with them their Ottostraße street festival. It was nice to see the whole street celebrating. The mayor of the town opened the beer barrel to signal the opening of the festival, followed by music from the orchestra. There were stalls, balloons, food and drinks, grilled fish, sausages, bread, car boot sale, etc. Ottostraße is a very busy street with music schools, karate and kung-fu, car shops, community centre, etc and they all took part. There was a mini train ride and bouncy castles for the children. They closed the whole street and people just walked along. The local fire department gave some simulated shows, on emergency situations. Great Saturday!

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Skywatch Munich

September 2, 2016September 4, 2016Posted in scenic weekends, Seasons, Skywatch FridayTagged Munich, photo challenge, photos, season, sky, skywatch19 Comments

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A Day in Munich

August 26, 2016August 29, 2016Posted in Echoes Of My Neighbourhood, Jo’s Monday walk, scenic weekends, Seasons, Skywatch Friday, Ten Things of ThankfulTagged artist, churches, Munich, photos, season, sky, skywatch, street, ten things of thankful, thanks22 Comments

Hello everyone! Lovely day here and we’ve just showed around Munich a friend from Canada. I just love this city. We started with a rainbow in Stachus.

Followed by churches’ visit. St. Peter’s Church (Munich’s oldest church, housing the jeweled skeleton of St. Mundita, plus a tower with city views), Assam Church (compact 1700s church known for its lavish, baroque interior swathed in gold leaf, frescoes and stucco), St. Michael’s Church (this Renaissance-style church was increased in size after the tower collapsed during construction), Frauenkirche (Gothic church with iconic domed towers), Theatinerkirche (domed baroque Catholic church with striking yellow facade & ornate white stucco interior).

Not to forget, our city hall, Marienplatz, which is our central square

Munich

We also went to Viktualienmarkt, which is a daily food market and a square in the centre of Munich. The Viktualienmarkt developed from an original farmers’ market to a popular market for gourmets.