Day 3 – 02/10/2006
We just finished with the evening Organ concert at the Dom. It was a concert of the five pipe organs installed throughout the cathedral, each with a concert-level Organist from through out Europe. The concert was titled Konzert an den Funf Domorglen. Each organist began with their own solo, in ascending chronological order of composition dates, then began the "battle of the keyboards" - each doing their own improvisation on the Choral "Schonste Herr Jesu". By the end all the organists were belting out their rendition, making one wonder, at what point do multiple number of organs just make a din? The ending however was lovely when they all finished with their crescendo and the pipe’s last chord reverberated and echoed throughout the vast space – chilling to the toes!
A short walk later to what is now our nightly ritual and we stopped at mozARTs for wine and ice cream. It is a lovely outdoor spot and we were only ushered inside because of the pouring rain and wind driving the rain sideways. The large umbrellas were doing fine until the cafe decided it was even too windy for them to remain. I personally like the power of the storm and would have been happy enjoying the natural show!
Today however started a bit earlier since we were going to go out to Hellbrunn to view the palace and grounds. It did not disappoint and the trick fountains were definitely fun, although annoying if you were the recipient. It is amazing these were designed and implemented over 250 years ago with their intricacies and detail. Also on the grounds was the gazebo which was in the Sound of Music featured in the song "Sixteen going on Seventeen". After another wonderful alfresco lunch at the Hellbrunn café, we took the bus back to town, whereby the bus actually back into another car causing an accident!
We rested a bit before heading out to the Alter Platz for a traditional pizza dinner in the square. There are so many wonderful dogs about who seem to accompany their people everywhere. Their was a woman on the buss with two, including a 4 month old Afghan and a lovely black lab which sat next to us at dinner. We are in dog heaven here and what is even better is they all seem so well behaved. I guess that come with their acclimation at an early age to being in public so much.
We are now killing time at the cafe before we venture out in the rain. We have been so blessed with great weather up to this point I really hope tomorrow, my birthday, is pleasant.