Germany 2022 part IV

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July 3rd 2022

Published: January 13th 2023

Frankfurt to Munich via Nuremberg Here in the fourth blog from Germany we have collected some very disperse kinds of sites. We can't for our lives find any kind of common denominator to these places other than that they all are in Germany and that we visited them all in just a few days during our vacation. So instead of a lengthy introduction, we jump into telling about the first of these plac... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Congress Hall

The Congress Hall as seen from across a nearby lake

The Great Road

The Great Road is an almost 2 km long and 40 m wide parade road

Zeppelinfeld main tribune

Zeppelinfeld is a supersized sports field with raised stands surrounding it. Here is its main tribune

Zeppelinfeld

The stands that surround Zeppelinfeld

Munich historical city centre

Munich historical city centre is a little grander and a bit more opulent than the average German historical city centre

Munich historical city centre

A city gate in Munich historical city centre

Munich historical city centre

Diana temple in Hofgarten

Hofgarten is a pretty park in central Munich

View from Diana temple

View of Hofgarten park from the inside of Diana temple

Futuro House

One of the few surviving Futuro Houses today stands outside the art museum Pinakothek der Moderne.

Glyptothek

Museum dedicated to Greek and Roman sculptures

Propylea

Greek-inspired gate at Königsplatz in Munich

Englischer Garten

Englischer Garten is a large public park in Munich. We absolutely loved this park. It can be seen as Munich's answer to Central Park in New York or Hyde Park in London.

Englischer Garten

Monopteros in Englischer Garten is inspired by Greek temples

The Olympic village

In 1972 Munich was the host of the Olympic Games.

Site of the terrorist attack

The sport events were overshadowed by a terrorist attack against the Israeli Olympic team. The attack started in this building

Memorial plaque

In the Olympic village there is a memorial plaque at the site of the main attack

BMW

BMW's headquarters is designed to look like the cylinders of a car engine

Love is love

Something a bit cute at the end: A light at a pedestrian crossing showing a same-sex couple crossing the street. Love is love.

14th January 2023

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Exploring Germany
You've really seen a great deal and we appreciate you allowing us to follow along from afar. The world have so many wonderful places to visit. MJ

14th January 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Germany - surprisingly good
We were actually a bit surprised over how interesting and fun it was to travel in Germany. We travelled plenty and still we covered less than half of the country if we look on a map. Many of the most interesting places in Germany we didn't have time to visit this time around. Hopefully we'll have time to see more in Germany some other time. /Ake

15th January 2023

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Loved it. Thanks for sharing!

16th January 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

You're welcome
...and thanks for reading our blog/Ake

17th January 2023

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Bavaria
You got me with the castles, Ake. Couldn't resist posting some on TB's "Palaces & Castles" in the Photography Forum. Frankfurt & Nuremberg from your pics and text looks grand indeed. But Frankenstein Castle...with a name like that who could possibly resist!!! As Germany had many cities bombed out of it in WWII, it is a miracle that some of the historical buildings in your pics survived.

18th January 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Buildings surviving WWII
We think that some "Historical city centres" aren't completely genuine. At least in one place we know that the historical buildings that stood pre WWII were almost obliterated by bombings. After the war everything were carefully restored/rebuilt again to their full glory using the stone and the rubble that were left after the war. But in another town the buidings that looked old weren't. We felt that something was "off" when we walked in that town. Upon closer inspection even we with our untrained eyes could see that it was fake. The buildings were built post WWII but made to look much older. /Ake

17th January 2023

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Frauenkirche
Brilliant

18th January 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
Thank you. Germany is a surprisingly beautiful country actually. It is not what we anticipated when we went there. /Ake

18th January 2023

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Wow!
What beautiful street frontage! We visited Frankfurt when I was a child, but I can't remember any of it. Probably time to think of that part of the world as a travel destination again :)

18th January 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

There's much to see
There is very much worth seeing in Germany. We are happy we went there and we want to go back again some day. /Ake

19th January 2023

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Buildings surviving WWII, the marvel of restoration
Thank you for your comments Ake. I expect much that appears ancient that was obliterated by bombing, wars or neglect is in fact painstakingly restored. Some complain they are thus not authentic or fake, to which I have no time for such complaint. History is saturated with destruction, revival and restoration. Such is the highlight of the human spirit. Without it our World would be a sad, sorry state. If restoration is done with human determination and best endeavours, who are we to otherwise criticise and not take the time to admire and appreciate. I thus travel to Angkor Wat, the Terracotta Warriors, Prambanan, the Amber Room in Catherine's Palace and so many other ancient places and marvel at the resolve and skill to restore so these treasures endure. QED.

19th January 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

I agree
Thank you for the comment and I agree to it all. I also happily travel to Angkor Wat and Xian. Prambanan is high on the wish list and one day I hope that travels to Russia will be possible again because the Amber Room I really want to see before I kick the bucket. /Ake

19th February 2023

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Famous Places
Great! You covered lots of famous places I'd only heard about here Ake - Nuremberg, the site of the Munich Olympic terrorist attack, and Frankenstein Castle. I totally get why you took lots of photos of the name "Frankenstein" - I would probably have done the same, lol! Id be ok living in a Futuro House I think! 😊

22nd February 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

To stay in a Futuro house would be fun
I'd love to stay in a Futuro house. For one or two nights that is. Not longer than that I think. Wonder if there is a hotel somewhere in the world that has a Futuro house. If there is I would add it to my list of places I want to visit. /Ake

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