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...

More than one year had passed since Franziska’s last day out and about, more than one year for the new gray knit dress to be worn. I was a little nervous - more so than usual - heading out as Franziska. Even getting ready felt unfamiliar after such a long time. Portrait of the day. Dinner at a French restaurant, facing COVID-related restrictions upon entry. I was ready for my ID to be checked. But they were fine with a proof of vaccination on my cellphone alone.