On Tuesday, mum and I made another foray into Lower Bavaria. This time our destination was the splendid city of Landshut, 50 minutes east of Munich by train.
Landshut was founded in 1204. It was a seat of government, before Bavaria was eventually united and Munich became the official capital.
Apparently, Landshut is one of Bavaria’s richest cities. And it certainly is very pretty. I’ll let the pics do the talking…
You were waiting for that cake break, weren’t you…?! 😉
Mum had the strawberry cake, and I the Mohnschnecke. I guess you’d call it a poppy seed Danish. BTW, I RESENT having to call this heavenly family of baked goods “Danish(es)”, because they are very much a Central European thing and have nothing whatsoever to do with bloody Denmark!
The Martinskirche on the left there, sports Bavaria’s highest church steeple, and the highest red brick steeple in the world, at just over 130 metres tall. Building works commenced in 1385. And I Iove the cyclist in the stripey T-shirt balancing his parcel… 😉
Inside the Martinskirche
One of the entrance doors (interior view)
In an upcoming post, we’ll be visiting the castle 🙂
Wow! That architecture is rather special. Their choice of colours is refreshing, isn’t it?
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I love the colours 🙂
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That door is very special – and I love all your photos. Great architectural styles and colours.
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There are so many details… on everything… half the time I just don’t know which way to turn 😉
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This city sure is a jewellery box 🙂 so cute. The poppy seed “danish” looks yummy, but your Mom’s strawberry cake does not look bad either.
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The choice of cakes and pastries is overwhelming… and it’s hard not to go for the same favourite things every time!
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Years since I’ve been to Bavaria…quite nostalgic, this! And I totally agree with the naming of cakes 🙂
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Lovely buildings, lovely cakes …. but I’m caught at the sculpture photo. Sculpture or street art? The more I look, the more I think it is an actor in gold paint, waiting for euros to get tossed in his copper goblet. Right?
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Yes, he’s a street artist, and those types are pretty common. You get them in gold, silver, bronze, stone… The reason I took his pic is because he’d positioned himself right underneath the “oro vivo” (living gold) sign, which would be lost on most Germans 😉
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Pretty doesn’t really cover it! 🙂 Not convinced about that cake though, sorry!
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You’re dissing cake?!? Now go wash that keyboard with carbolic soap!!!
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It looks a bit odd 😉
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The same could be said about you. But it’s the fruity, slightly acidic centre that matters!
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Ouch! Wow, I’ve never known anyone to be so defensive over a CAKE!
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Enthusiastic, you mean 🙂
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I know what I meant 😉
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I’m gonna take you on a poppy seed appreciation tour one day…
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Hmm. The appreciation part might not be guaranteed 😉
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Do they have these things in Latvia?
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They have nice cakes here 😉
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I don’t doubt that for a second.
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But I’m working on something even more important right now 😉
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How beautiful! The buildings that is…all those colours. Yes, I was scrolling down and knew the cakes were coming 🙂
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I’m slightluy worried that I’ll give everyone Bavarian buildings and cake fatigue…
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No, no, keep posting them! x
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Phew! I’ve got a couple more city excursions lined up… plus countless cake occasions (I’m only posting a quarter of them.)
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It’s adorable. You don’t need to keep rubbing it in! 😛
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Thanks 🙂 Working on the next one right now…
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My favorites are the doors! Between the charming architecture and the pastries, it is quite a destination. That’s about all I need for a perfect holiday… other than a few beverages.
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No shortage of beverages… you should consider it 😉
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Nice pics. Colors are indeed great and does justice to Bavaria. And the cake sure looks great. Well… at least one of the cakes does. The other one, though most probably very delicious, fruity and all, unfortunately IMO does look a bit like a terrible attempt to arrange some sausages into a pie
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What are you saying, woman?! They both look AND taste great!
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I’ve no doubt they both tasted great. but that was actually my first impression ‘Vow, a sausage plate and a cake in a background, how unusual for you’. Then it dawned on me that these are BOTH cakes 🙂
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My blog is so darn educational…! 😉
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The architecture reminds me of Amsterdam. …or Copenhagen…so…maybe the Danish moniker on that dessert was fitting? After all, who wants to eat a poppy seed Dutch? 🙂
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I’d eat just about anything with poppy seeds…
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The Dutch are a good looking people.
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Oje, one more destination for my future travels… and I never even knew it existed before this. Sure is pretty!
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And the bucket list grows 😉
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…at least when I am retired and living in a caravan I’ll make all the destinations I haven’t before 😉
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If there’s still room in your caravan, give me a shout 😉
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What a great idea for financing the travelling, if our pensions are completely cut by the time I retire; I’ll just rent a part of the caravan!
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ooohhh Nice! Those fronts look like something off a movie set. That pic of the blue door is really cool for two reasons. I like the door and it’s colour for one. Two, you managed to get the hand rail slap bang in the middle so we can see the arty-farty door.
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My positioning tends to be a bit hap-hazard. It’s always a total surprise when I get it right 😉
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My positioning tends to be a bit haphazard. It’s always a total surprise when I get it right 😉
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I know I’m looking at these posts in the wrong order, but what can I say?
It looks like such a pretty city – it has a small town feel to it. I especially like the first photo. The houses look like a movie set 🙂
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Yes they do! I hadn’t thought of it like that 😉
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I know it is real, but it just doesn’t look it! It’s so picture-perfect.
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