Graffiti Bike Ride to Work

It is an absolutely beautiful day in Munich, although...it is supposed to get pretty warm today. So rather than ride my bike along the street to work (perhaps 2-3 minutes faster), I took the river route along the Isar.

I was reading about an application that Adidas launched for the iphone a couple weeks ago (yes, have it on my iphone now...) that allows you to take a "graffiti tour" through Berlin using the GPS capability of your phone. It would be cool to extend the application beyond Berlin, though. Munich might not be such a terrible place to start. Here's my ride to work:

Along the river there is a wide bike/jogger path that has a tremendous amount of traffic on nice mornings although here is doesn't look that busy...


















There are a couple beautiful little ponds with a really large variety of ducks and birds - this morning, just some mallards kicking around, but I've seen some really gorgeous ducks here in the past.
















Under Prinzregentenstrasse there is a crazy tunnel with lights.
At night it is even more beautiful because of the saturation effect of the colors and lights.



















Some samples....




































































































A couple buildings along the path...














A little waterfall on the way (lots of construction here at the moment)














Two years back, we were riding our bikes home after the movies at around 11 pm. A little band had set up their instruments and were playing here where the bridge overhead created echo-y acoustics.















Along the bridge (you are not supposed to ride your bike here...)














Slightly larger dam/waterfall














Graffiti on the wall surrounding my favorite beer garden




























The Volksbad (indoor swimming pool - art deco period, I believe. It is beautiful inside..)


















Along the back of the Volksbad - on the right, a sunny bank where there will be tons of picnics tomorrow during the holiday.















Past one of the two english-language movie theaters in Munich we go to all the time...















And up past Gasteig (symphony hall) and on to work.