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Art and Life

Art and Life

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Königsplatz; Lenbachhaus, Munich Ah, the artful Oldies slipped another art gallery onto the agenda! This time, Lenbachhaus, which, I have to say, was well worth a visit. I loved the venue itself, where a modern extension is cleverly wrapped around one side of the original Lenbach villa. The main collection features famous names including Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, many of whom were part of the ‘Blauer Reiter’ group. I came away with the impression of a wonderful use…

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The World of BMW

The World of BMW

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Visits to BMW Museum and BMW World, Munich Even a Winged Wonder like me knows that Munich is the home of the world-famous marque, so it was pretty much inevitable that BMW would sooner or later appear on the agenda. Now, the Oldies are not particularly into cars. Normally, their only interest in motorised vehicles is purely as a means of getting themselves from A to B. But I never figured that the BMW Museum would bring out the petrol…

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From Darkness into Light

From Darkness into Light

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Canadian Museum of Human Rights Winnipeg ‘All roads lead to Winnipeg’, said nobody, ever, I bet. Which is probably why the Oldies were so flabbergasted when they spotted a Graz-registered camper van in the city centre. Graz is about 25km from our home town, but in this context, these travellers were practically our next-door neighbours! But I wasn’t surprised about where in Winnipeg they saw the van – in the car park of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. There’s…

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Muddy Waters Run Deep

Muddy Waters Run Deep

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Dalnavert Museum and the Forks, Winnipeg Right. This is definitely a record. Winnipeg has got to be the furthest I have ever been from the sea! It’s slap bang in the middle of Canada, so I must be well over 2,000 km from both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Bear with me while I freak out. Eeeeeek! Right. Now I have that out of my system, I must say that I was almost equally dumbfounded by how green the city…

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First Nations First

First Nations First

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Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau Canada Dry? No, Canada Wet! What better way to spend a rainy afternoon than visiting a museum? The Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau was unlike any museum I’d ever visited. And I have visited quite a few in my time, I can tell you. For a start, the building itself is quite an eyeful. The Dynamic Duo had already spotted it from Parliament Hill the previous day, and immediately resolved to check it out. I…

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