photo from Abendzeitung. See more here.

Her poor German and the 3.90€ per maki roll brought me much comfort after a whirlwind lecture. Since it wasn’t raining we decided to walk toward to the subway near LMU but then found ourselves drawn to what was going on at Odeonsplatz around 10:30 at night.

What’s this: Two giant glowing swans? A man in the moon, hot air balloon? A sweet melody from Camille Saint-Saens’, The Swan, while a collage of pictures of Munich’s finest/infamous history unfolded?

We got caught up in a open air, 360°+, munich-ized, cirque du soleil rehearsal which lasted until shortly before midnight. It is so sad I didn’t have my camera with me. It was debatable whether we’d see the actual performance live, as we had a bike tour of 3 lakes (Ammersee, Pilzensee and Wörthsee) and a Tracht wearing, birthday party on Saturday in the works.

It turns out it rained like cats and dogs last night and I was an exhausted mess after 50+km. I feel like a lucky duck that we saw the show and walked away with dry feet -albeit minus the costumes, but feel sorry for the performers. Friday night was the only night it didn’t rain and the evenings before, the rehearsal were also sparse due to the weather.

I won’t attempt to describe München Revue. But if you are curious:

• Headbang8 at Deutschland Über Elvis posted some cool photos of the rehearsal.
• Here is a great slideshow of the event on Flickr.
Jul at This non-American Life actually braved the elements and took some splendid pictures of the performance.

Maybe a video will come out soon on the net. It’s an artsy way of running through Munich’s history.