One of the the newest museum in the Munich "Museumareal" is the Brandhorst Museum. Its doors opened in July 2009. The building is really impressive with its colourful fassade. It contains 36 000 ceramic bars in 23 different colours...With the autumn sun shining on them, it was a masterpiece on it own!
The museum hosts a modern art collection including paintings, sculptures and even a huge display window with....pills:-)
Italian food is an inseparable part of the travel experience....It is not only the pizzas and pasta that turns every visit to Italy into a real gourment-experience...Its is all around it: the fresh products, the simple but extremely delicious dishes, the way and the love with which they are prepared.
I entered for lunch a small family restaurant in Trastevere, and stayed like glued for 5 minutes on to so yummy-looking the antipasti-buffet. A paradise for all veggie-lovers: grilled eggplants, cooked broccoli, fresh mozzarella, fried courgettes, and, and...And of course dont forget the sweets for the end...
On the west bank of the river Tiber, south of Vatican city, one can enjoy the charming and cozy flair of the district Trastevere. The name means literally "beyond the Tiber". Here one may just take a breath from the busy city center of Rome and discover a Roman area, which eleoved from the workers quarter to the most international district of Rome through the years.
Yummy restaurants, old bakeries for sweets and pizzas, small shops turn the walk though the narrow streets and colourful buildings of Trastevereinto a great time....
Two of the most ancient churches in Rome, the Basilica di Santa Maria , and the Santa Cecilia, are located here:
There is something magical about the Italian capital, Rome...And it is not the fact that it is for sure the biggest open-air museum in the world and may be one of the city with craziest traffic! This city grabs you, turn you around till your head starts spinning and then its cultural heritage takes you on an amazing trip to different ages and epoques...
The famous Coloseo, the breathtaking Foro Romano, the magnificent Fontana di Trevi, the beautiful Piazza Navona...Rome is crowded and cozy, crazy and peaceful, modern and old-fashioned at the same time...There is one of it and thats why may be all roads lead to it....Because one should have seen, tasted its sweetness and admired its uniqueness!
