FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

I trust that you have all had peaceful holidays, as I assume that those who hadn’t, surely weren’t in the mood to read my blog. My spirit has been pretty bad of late – watching the news too often and reading about AI too much, I guess – which occasionally leads to such depressed and uninspiring sentences. I am sorry about that. This is still the last day out and about in 2018. After an uneventful afternoon, culture was in order again this evening, when Franziska headed to “Alte Oper.” A brief recap: “Alte Oper” and “Frankfurter Oper” are two different venue with different uses. Please check my posting from 12.12.2022. After the recent visit to “Frankfurter Oper” to see “Ariadne on Naxos,” a heavy and depressing opera by Richard Strauss, this time was fun time,  seeing and hearing   Benny and Björn’s “Mamma Mia!” at  “Alte Oper.” The element connecting these two entirely different musical performances is: Greece. If you have not yet seen this musical or the 2008 movie wit...

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.

Since my last recollection under the post title “Next Steps!” on March 10, 2023, Franziska has provided you with 9 postings, including those covering a fantastic 3-day trip crossdressed to Stuttgart in July 2022. Just thinking about this, about the beautiful clothes I got to wear and the wonderful outfits I was able to put together, makes me shiver. By now, I have taken two more trips en femme, one covering four days – Thursday till Sunday – in November 2022 to Munich and one covering two days en femme (followed by a return trip in drab on Sunday morning) just recently to Cologne. Both trips were again nothing less than fantastic. All plans worked out fine, no issues arose, and I was again able to experience new activities en femme and to wear wonderful new outfits.  Next week, I will start to report about the trip to Munich in a total of eight blog postings. These include activities enjoyed en femme, such as train traveling, eating out, shopping, exploring Schwabing, strolling ove...