Paul Alkazraji's Blog - Posts Tagged "marienplaz"
The Independent's '48 Hours in Munich' revisited
'Just passing by... Odeonsplatz then and now.'
In '97 I wrote this article for London's 'The Independent'. With the help of a friend last month we snapped the same spot with yours truly in the frame.
Surprisingly, the article is still on line, and much of it still stands... This time round I bought a toy wooden soldier from Erzgebirge but the nut cracked its mouth!
City Breaks: 48 hours in the life of Munich
Why go now?
Because the raucous, back-slapping merriment of the Oktoberfest is well and truly over. Fewer people will bang on the roof of your taxi slurring "Ish muss mit Ulf sprechen!" Munich is now emptied of its beer-guzzlers, apart from the natives...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/edu...
Also by this writer: The Silencer
