nymphenburg castle + park, munich

it is not a normal winter, is it? well, someone destroyed the climate as we knew it before, isn't it? was it the sun with perhaps higher activity as before or we humans with burning all that oil, gas, coal,  forests ... with heat through nuclear energy, wars ... leading rivers underground or straighten them for water transport, draining swamps, ... changing meadows, forests, mangroves into cities with black roads and houses with (hot) roofs from copper / zinc ... it is so sad 😟 ... well, maybe we will start planting trees and stop the destruction of our nature, won't we?

even if i wouldn't call it a winter walk, we have had nice time and beautiful sky (skies?) in the nymphenburg castle's park in munich (münchen). enjoy few pictures:

two of us. who is the real santa claus?

nymphenburg castle

the appolo temple (appolo tempel)

castle badenburg

more pictures here.

one of our former visits to the nymphenburg park (different areas than today) + castle with its arts + history museum here.

andechs abbey

we have welcomed the chance to visit the andechs benedictines abbey (founded 1455) again and to learn more about the history of the monastery in a guided tour by one of the very few remaining monks out there organized by my old student dorm (studentenwohnheim) paulinum. i liked especially the possibility to see the otherwise restricted areas of the sacral treasuries and the old brewery.

today is andechs (monastery) mostly known as a pilgrimage destination and for its beer + agricultural products like milk and yoghurt. of course, andechs is loved by both the munich locals and tourists as a nice day trip destination, which you can easily combine with the visit to the nearby seefeld castle and / or to the lake ammersee.

just to make it sure, andechs is not an insider tip and never was. you have to be prepared for mass tourism, but it is nice anyway. and yes, you can reach it (from munich) not only by car but also by the regional train s-bahn line S8 to herrsching (at the lake ammersee) and then take a bus to andechs from there or - much more recommended - to walk through a nice forest in 45 - 50 minutes up to the monastery, will you? 😊

andechs abbey ~ kloster andechs

the church of the andechs monastery

i think this used to be a library. today there are some exhibitions / flea market and the like

beer and brewery are of course a important part of many monasteries

more pictures here.

pictures from our  former visits to andechs six years and seven years ago.

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edelmetallmesse 2019 (gold silver show - munich)

this year's gold, silver and natural resources show / convention in munich is over ... let's look foward to 2020 :-)

as every year, there were many familiar faces, gold bugs, libertarians, conspiracy theorists, friends, bullion dealers (so all the folks could buy physical gold + silver), analysts, fund managers, mining companies, newsletter writers, book sellers, speakers & co.


the following picture represents the financial markets at least since 2008 so well, if you asked me 😄

the central banks and especially the FED decide in which direction are the markets heading, isn't it? but probably not for ever ~ by markus blaschzok (blaschzok research, solit)

i've listened to many lectures on both days of this convention, my favorites were markus miller, markus blaschzok, gianni kovacevic, frank hellmeyer and peter denk.

so let show you few pictures and write my insights in between 😏

 the crowd waiting for the MVG public transportation museum to open its doors

 friedrich & weik, the crash prophets

 is the brexit good for great britain in the long run? (friedrich lange, oxford club)

with christine lagarde as head of ECB stays the zero interest rate and the financial manipulation on the agenda

dear mother, next chapter ...

dear mother, it is so easy to make you happy today and it is also so nice ... hmmm, why have you been so strict to yourself and to others all your adult life before?

 mother + son

well, my youngest brother and his wife take care of our mother in bratislava and i enjoyed to visit them and to spend a week with my mother in her native village einsiedel an der göllnitz (mnisek nad hnilcom) in eastern slovakia.

bratislva castle, bratislavsky hrad

 old views on pressburg (= bratislava)

castle krasna horka

a view to uhorna from pacansky kopec 

the childhood house of my mother looks somehow worn-out and is owned by gypsies now. well, gypsies are the biggest (and youngest) community in einsiedel today ....

there was ice cold at night - minus 10 degrees celsius

eastern slovakia is really cheap

happy sisters

a former pub / guest house between einsiedel and schmöllnitz

("pauker" if i remember its name correctly)

schmöllnitz ~ smolnik (=> link to pictures of lake uhorna, too)

kosice ~ kaschau

back to bratislava / pressburg

more pictures here.

insights + pictures from my last longer visit here.

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