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