Munich–January 23, 2017

So, today, as most of the museums were closed, I decided to go out to the end of the subway line (or at least as far as I could go on the card I had bought). I was headed to Grünwald, and had to take the tram to Max-Weber-Platz, but I got off early at the Maxmonument (monument to King Maximilian II) stop instead. Here are some pictures up to that point. Since some of the pictures were taken through the tram window, they may not be tremendously clear.

Relief of lions on side of building Sculpture of rider on horse with front legs in air. Abstract painting on side of building Bronze monument with seated figure

Here are pictures at the monument.

Sculptures at base of Maximilian monument. Monument with Maximilian standing Closeup of Maximilian from waist up Closeup of seated figures at front of monument

I decided to walk to the Max-Weber-Platz, which involved going over the Isar River via the Maximilian Bridge:

Stone on bridge with "Maximilian Brücke” (Bridge) engraved in relief View over river from bridge; buildings in background and on side. Statue of religiouis figure on lamp post Statue of standing female figure View of another bridge, river, and trees side view of statue of woman in helmet

At the other side of the bridge is the Maximilianeum, a building housing a foundation for gifted students:

max museum Long view of Maximilianeum Foundation building Bust above arch

Once I got to the tram transfer stop, I got lucky; if I hadn’t tunred my head to the left, I would have missed this artwork outside a real estate office, of all places:

10 of spades overlaid with person in military uniform Slightly abstract painting of woman with red hair and orange necklace Black hand with two eyes in palm Painting of stereotypical wild west characters; text reads “Das Malefiz Spiel” Painted boxes with cardboard silhouettte of woman's head Abstract piece with various colored rectangles and words “City Without” / “Stadt ohne” repeated at intervals.

So, I got to Grünwald, and walked around for a while, taking pictures somewhat at random. The first picture is from the tram on the trip there. One interesting sight was a blue and white striped pole which, if I read my German correctly, was set up by the Boys’ Club of Grünwald:

Graffiti of person saying “Love” in word balloon Sculpture of man using some farming implement Lawn ornament of lion Dedication on blue and white striped pole Man in lederhosen playing a trumpet Surveying instruments Flowers on left, bull on right Horseshoe and key on left, pitcher on right weathervane with man and woman in lederhosen and dirndl, dancing

By that time I had gotten to the high point of the city and passed the church and the hotel near the castle, which has these plaques on it:

Clock on wall under church steeple View down from top of hill View showing bridge over Isar river Statue of praying person Large plaque showing royal crest Royal crest with castle in background Plaque with city seal and year 1869 Plaque showing ox plowing field

I was not able to get to a place where I could get any good pictures of the castle, so here's all I got:

Side of castle showing shields in staggered pattern exterior castle Exterior castle showing rounded turret

From there, I took a side path for bicyclists and walkers that had a sign saying that an S-Bahn stop was only 2.5 kilometers away. I got this picture along the way:

statue

Unfortunately, that was the only sign, and after a half hour of walking, I had no idea what was going on. Luckily, I met a couple of women who were walking their dogs, and they told me that the station I was looking for was on the other side of the river, so I had missed a turn to the left to get to the bridge. They had finished their walk, so they walked back with me to their place, then pointed me in the direction of the tram station, which was only about five minutes away. And that was, to a large extent, the day.

Food

Dinner consisted of currywurst, fries, and a salad at Henry’s Deli (site in German). Very good meal; the picture I took with my camera did not turn out well.

Dessert was a chocolate coconut bar from Münchner Zuckerl (site also in German), a Linzer tart, and yogurt from a convenience store at the train station.

Yogurt, coconut chocolate bar, linzer tart

Signage

Rhyming slogan on side of bus.

Here is a rhyming slogan on the side of a bus. It translates loosely to: “Going to Parsdorf means saving money,” which does not rhyme at all.


Logo showing a combined S and R for Schwarzreiter restaurant

Here is a clever linking of the first letters of the Schwarzreiter Restaurant.


Sign with multicolored letters, a cartoon tooth, and stick figure people

This ghastly sign is for a children’s dental practice.


Portion of poster showing text “CK!”

I really liked the shape of the letter K in this sign.


Bubbles emerging from dot over “i” in Sinalco

A clever use of the bubble motif for this soft drink advert.


Hedgehog in red shirt lying on stomach

This sign is in front of some sort of children’s center.


Finally, these signs that show a nice use of the old fraktur style of German lettering. The first one reads “Solnhofener Klosterbrot,” and the other one is for a printing company: “Isar-druck Grünwald.” On the first one, you have to look very closely to see the difference between the lower case “f” in the first word and the lower case “s” in the second.

Lettering above arched windows Sign with fraktur on top and sans-serif below