Greetings from Monaco!
BFF Mio and me have been to Munich (=MUC) yesterday!
Munich (German: München, pronounced [mʏnçən]; Austro-Bavarian: Minga) is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg. There are approximately 1.36 million inhabitants ( Read more... )
Munich (German: München, pronounced [mʏnçən]; Austro-Bavarian: Minga) is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg. There are approximately 1.36 million inhabitants ( Read more... )
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i think i can see what you mean about the reconstructed buildings. it's not like they're really old, and they haven't been worn by age... something like that? like, they're lacking the character of real old buildings?
wow it looks like you got to see so many neat things! i'm jealous!! ;A;
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Yes... they're lacking the character of real old buildings. It's as if you could feel that only one generation has inhabited them before we came. In really old buildings, it seems that the people who lived there before, have left an imprint. I don't want to call it paranormal or something, it's just... a change in the atmosphere, yes. Every generation that passes through a buildings seems to change its atmosphere, and intensifies it.
Not sure if I'm making much sense here >_< ...
Don't be jealous! There are neat things in every corner of the earth! I'm sure there are great places close to your home too!
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yes, that's what i was meaning to say! it is like you can tell that there haven't been many people living there, somehow. don't worry, you're making sense! i understand! XD
ahahaha! but i want to see lots of old buildings and stuff like that, there aren't any of those around here. :<
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I've only been to Munich once during winter, and even when the city was half snowed in everything was so crowded! So agreed, I wouldn't want to live there either.
About the reconstruction, well, the buildings might look fake and lack that authentic 'feel', but I'm honestly glad they decided to rebuild their city in the old style.
My home, the Ruhr area, was pretty much turned entirely to dust in WW2 and is a prime example of how UGLY cities turned out when people tried to rebuild in a "modern" style. Now most our buildings are ugly, uninspired/purely functional buildings from the '70s and when I look at old pictures from 100+ years ago, I can't help but wish people had at least tried to preserve a little of that old atmosphere (even though the Ruhr area never really was stunningly pretty, mind you). Call me a sap, but I like looking at things and knowing that people from 100, 200, 300 years ago looked at pretty much the same sight ( ... )
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I'm the same kind of sap, so don't worry. I love to walk down embassadors' street and imagine how, 400 years ago, the embassadors' entourages would enter the city on the very same street, seeing the very same buildings. But it's the same with little things or furniture. When we were in the Residence, we looked into a small room/cabinet and I leant against the old doorframe and suddenly I thought... what if, 230 years ago, Pope Pius VI leant against the very same doorframe, wondering if, 120 years before his visit, Electress Henriette had leant against the very same doorframe, wondering whether she should paint the walls red or green.
Oh god what is wrong with me today, ranting so much on your entries. I'm sorry, I'll shut up now.Ach Quatsch, ich mag das so. Ich hab noch einen Eintrag über Passau in petto, da war ich nämlich heute. Ich bin zur Zeit etwas rastlos ( ... )
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so, so hübsch <3
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