FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

Saturday morning in Munich. What better to do (since shopping had already been taken care of the day before) than to visit one of the many great museums in the Bavarian capitol. Portrait of the day. “Pinakothek” is a word of Greek origin, describing the room in a house or temple where the panel paintings were stored. The “Pinakotheken” in Munich are well worth a visit. For this trip, I chose the “Alte Pinakothek” (Old Collection of Paintings), at which paintings from the 15 th  to the 18 th  century are on display. This painting seemed to be a suitable background for a picture of crossdressed Franziska. It depicts Venus, the Roman goddess of love, erotic desire, and beauty and Adonis, an allegory for and god of beauty in Greek and Roman mythology, who’s beauty seduced even Venus and made her come down to earth in search of him. It was painted by Dutch painter Hendrick Goltzius in 1614, I presume relating to Shakespeare's 1593 poem of the same title. Adonis, by the way, lost hi...

The “Bayerische Staatsoper” (Bavarian state opera) was founded in 1653 and nowadays plays at the beautiful “Nationaltheater” (National Theater) from 1818, located at the heart of Munich. People show up dressed very elegantly and the whole atmosphere is simply fantastic. The performance that evening was William Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” as a ballet, which Franziska greatly enjoyed. What sounds like a simple (but tragic) love story, provides for complexities that I was very curious to see how this will be communicated in a ballet performance. Granted, knowing the plot well makes it a lot easier to interpret the scene and to enjoy the acting. A wonderful compliment! While Franziska enjoyed a glass of Champagne before the performance, a handsome middle-aged man appeared next to her and – with a great smile on his face – said “Sie sehen todschick aus!” (“You look absolutely smashing!”). This ballet performance had two intermissions, one of 30 minutes and one of 15 minutes. Hence, F...

This will be a short one - sort of a teaser 😀 Portrait of the evening. This was the very first time that Franziska wore this floor-length black evening gown that had been hanging in her closet for several years. It was accompanied by a dark blue satin bolero, 8 cm dark blue heels, and a black clutch bag. The pearl earrings and necklace, you have seen in earlier postings, typically with evening wardrobe. Those two pictures below were again taken in the basement of the hotel, in the corridor between ball and conference rooms before taking a taxi to the opera. It was a great evening at the opera, I can tell you this much already. So, stay tuned for more pictures of Franziska in that wonderful evening gown and for the best compliment yet received for my looks. Or sign up as a follower, to make sure you don't miss any new postings.