FollowIt’s a bit cooler today, so we head for the English Garden. Although it doesn’t sound like much, this facility is a huge park stretching from the city centre right out into the suburbs.
All the usual stuff goes on here; cycling, jogging & surfing.
Surfing? Yes. The designers of the park included a big lake and a lot of other water features, so it stands to reason that they needed a lot of water. This comes from the nearby river – the Isar. It flows at quite a rate.
You might remember Ludwig, the nutcase who built the shrine at Regensburg. He claims the credit for the park too, and never one to miss an opportunity for a little self – publicity, here he is at nearby Odeonsplatz. Must have been such a modest guy.
I should perhaps add in Ludwig’s defence that he wasn’t the one known as Mad King Ludwig. That was his son, Ludwig II. Any wonder the Germans did away with their monarchy?