Today is Nostalgic Tuesday for me in Munich, so I'll share stories from my stay here a little more than 14 years ago, and more.  I would say that Munchen ( nowhere do you see Munich ) is my favorite German city.  Note how far south it is, making weather here better than the rest of the country.   This particularly featured day was a time for  Fasching , the carnival season. Carnival originally began as a pagan festival, and later became associated with the Catholic Church as a celebration the day before the beginning of Lent. During the main Fasching season in Munich, there are more than 800 balls, the biggest parties with thousands of people One early example for this blog site  goes back more than 14 years: In 2010, this was my 600th posting since my blog began. I woke up in Munich only aware that I was to have lunch at the Hotel Konigshof. I began to walk around and found myself next to Marienplatz: I don't think this is how people from Munich dress on a normal day. Most had

  This is one of those Mondays when I couldn't figure out what to say.  Some of you went to work, and found out you had this President's Day off.  Sure,  President Joe Biden made an unprecedented visit to Kyiv , and that was noteworthy.  Our 98-year former president,  Jimmy Carter , is resting reasonably well. What else?  The weather is fine in much of the world, especially the USA.  This is also  World Day of Social Justice , and  Carnival Monday .  Think Mardi Gras.   13 years ago I walked out of my hotel into downtown Munich and experienced an incredible celebration, called  Fasching , which in most of southwest Germany is a kind of a one-day Mardi Gras celebrated today.  People are walking around drinking from full bottles of wine, and many are gaudily dressed.  Everything is tolerated by officials.  I also had one of my  Best Lunches  that day. In the U.S. this is  National Cherry Pie Day .  Also,  National Love Your Pet Day .  Owners are encouraged to pamper them.  And ho