I was all set for our ride 15 km to the west of Munich, to our second-to-last hochbunker. Before leaving, I cast one more look at the website description of the structure to make sure I would find it – then I noticed the small print. It was demolished in 2013. Glad I saw that. … Continue reading "To the Last Hochbunker – Ride 83"
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We were looking for negelcted, run-down and forgotten buildings, so-called lost places. I remember at the onset of a trip to Innsbrück eleven years ago we came across an old round house on the Isartalbahn bike path, a disused railway line on the southern edge of Munich. We cycled there today and found the former … Continue reading "The New Old Isartalbahn Round House"
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After our stop at the abandoned Olympic Train Station, we set our sights on a hochbunker on Wiesenfeldstrasse, a bit north of where we live. Hochbunkers are overground bunkers, and I was surprised to learn that there about 30 in Munich – I never noticed them – witnesses to a dark chapter in Germany’s history. … Continue reading "Going Bonkers with Bunkers"
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June 10, 2018 We were up early on this sunny Sunday and after a breakfast in Cafe Münchner Freiheit, we rode through the English Garden with an eye out for photogenic trees. The English Garden has an old and venerable tree population, no dearth of subjects here. The trees don’t block the view, they are … Continue reading "June Challenge – More Trees"
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