Balkenhol

I took this picture in Munich.

Here is a closer view.

A man stands on a beam above the shoppers. It turns out this is a work by Stephan Balkenhol, a relatively well known contemporary artist born in 1957. I saw a bit about him on television, and this flashed briefly on the screen.

Jetzt ist die Maroni Zeit

Roasted chestnuts.

Street Art in Munich

This is a Henry Moore in the art section of Munich.


This horse had Greek lettering on the side. That's all I can tell you.


Cute.


I think this is fascist era.


This mother and child is in front of Gasteig.


This is the same boar as in Florence.

Store Windows in Munich

In Munich the store windows were odd.


This one is not too bad. I rather liked the owls on sticks idea.


But dirndls and lederhosen?



Who knew they celebrated Halloween?

German Neon

This is a casino in Munich. Slim pickings.

Ulm an der Donau

I lived here in the middle seventies and was glad to see it still felt familiar.

German Favorites

In the Munich botanical garden.

Mother and child.

From the Train

Along the train route from Munich to Ulm.

Busking in Munich

They were playing the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria.


Sounded like tuva singing?

Windows in Ulm

Somewhere in Ulm there is a taxidermist.


This is the Ulmer Spatz, the symbol of Ulm.

Looks Like Gustav Bauman

I think this is the mission at Carmel.

Beep

Yerba Buena Gardens

Store Window

This is in San Francisco.

Manzanita

This is the Tilden Park botanical garden in Berkeley.