Only every other seven years the “Schäfflertanz” (Schäffler-dance, Schäffler = barrel maker, a decent old formerly important profession ) is performed […]
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500 years dancing, Plague, adjust one’s tie, Schäfflertanz
Rossini
Helmut Dietl, famous film director, 1996 produced an iconic film about the „Schickeria“ (Bussi Bussi Gesellschaft) of Munich whose […]
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Carnival Ball, Narhalla, Munich
As our ducks like to dance and to listen to good music and enjoy entertainment and as no other duck […]
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Hoflieferant Dallmayr Munich
Dallmayr delicatessen is one of Sheila favorite shops and it is situated in the heart of the old town of […]
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Ammersee 2013
The “Ammersee” is one of the popular lakes south east of Munich and I took Sheila there to enjoy a […]
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Survival in the disaster situation
As due to the global warming big parts of southern Bavaria received catastrophic high amounts of snow the “Katatastrophenfall” (disaster […]
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Olympiapark München, Holiday on Ice
The „Olympiapark München“ was created for the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. The Olympic Games started in Greece. It […]
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Königssee Berchtesgaden Jennerbahn Watzmann
The „Königssee“ near Berchtesgaden is one of the cleanest lakes in Germany, surrounded by sheer mountain slopes in the National […]
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The „Zone“
2015 Sheila joined me on a trip through the “Zone” (a loveably foul name of the former East German Republic […]
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Petersberg Königswinter at the Rhine River; Katzenbergers wedding, Drachenfels
On our trip along the Rhine 2017 we also had to visit the „Petersberg“ Königswinter at the other side of […]
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year (respectively old year in Sidney Australia) Sheila and Rudolph joined me on New Year’s Eve to welcome […]
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Christmas 2018, Weißenburger Platz Munich
The plan was, to make the trip of Sissi and Franzl to our Christmas blog this year, but as there […]
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Tegernsee, dukes, kings, czars, Ducky, jet set, cheeky brats
We took the train from Munich. The area round the Tegensee was long dominated by the Wittelsbacher family after kind […]
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Altötting
Altötting is a famous Catholic pilgrimages site in Bavaria. The compound also puts up a museum about the procedure of […]
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Viktualienmarkt Munich
Sheila insisted to stroll over the “Viktualienmarkt”, Munich, a famous, old market place in the old part of the city […]
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