The Journey Day by Day

  • München, Monday, May 17, 1909

    We went to the depot at 10 o’clock and took the train for Starnberg, where we took a boat and rode out on the lake as far as Possenhofen, where we went on shore and took a walk through the woods to Feldafing, where we went to the hotel and took our dinner on a…

  • München, Tuesday, May 18, 1909

    We arose in good time and went to the Old Pinakothek (Repository of Pictures). This building is about 500 feet long and 90’ wide, and it has, on the top story, 24 statues of celebrated painters. It contains about 1400 pictures, arranged in periods and schools, which can be studied by lovers of Art and…

  • München, Wednesday, May 19, 1909

    This has been a great day for us. We had engaged a guide, Mr. Knoblauch (how is that?). And he took us first of all to the Maximilianeum, founded by King Max II for the instruction of the royal pages and other students. A broad circular approach ascends to the façade, which rises in two…