A Baroque weekend in Munchen......with opera ..!

Back in England I'm beginning to regain my equilibrium, and breathing easily again... Why "easily"? Because for the past few days I have been "rubber-necking", and gasping in amazement at the proliferation of Baroque statuary, and mind blowing decor of the archictectural creations in and around the city - ooooh.... Why should it have made such an impact on me ? Simple ! I have spent years faking just about every kind of figure - human and animal, cartouche's, paintings, furniture, and miiiiles of acanthus "swags", not to mention monsters, etc., etc., in this extremely ornate style. To experience the originals, completely O.T.T., smothered in gold and silver leaf - such satisfying metals to work with .(That was in my days as a Fine Arts Restorer, hence my employment to re-create the same, for theatre designers, mainly at Glyndebourne, Chichester Festival Theatre - and training undergraduates in these arts at the University of Birmingham - what a thorough and useful education !!) Apart from all that excitement, I was spoiled rotten by attending the Bayerische Opera - four performances in four days, courtesy of Richard (Whilds) - my greatest artistic passions were thoroughly sated by all this generosity - yes, I WAS born lucky, if rather battered at that time. Life does have its compensations somewhere along the way....more about the Bavarian experience another day - so many lovely memories - haven't mentioned the food yet......aawwh.....or the kind and friendly residents of Munich - just like being in the south western English counties ...the happy hunting ground of my youth..... k..p b.......g...