While many think of visiting parks in spring, Ostpark has a particular beauty in the cold months of winter. Indeed January is the month for snow. You’ll forgive me for my childish excitement at this prospect for I come from a Mediterranean island where the temperature never drops below five degrees, and even that’s a rarity.
On days when it’s snowing, I cannot jog for fear of slipping (maybe I’m still a rookie at this?). I’ve been watching the snow fall from my window but nothing prepares me for the mesmerising bleached landscape I am met with once I walk outside. Snow has the capacity to mute the world; passersby trudge through the 10cm-thick snow. I know these paths, I do, but they’re disguised today. Even the familiar pathways have been buried, and the handyman has come out with his snow-clearing cart to clear at least the most necessary paths for us.
Unlike yours truly, Munich is familiar with the snow and I already have a number of favourite winter escapes, be it the popular iceskating rink, just by Ostpark, where I can wind up a few rounds round the rink, followed by a warming glass of glühwein, or the Dicker Mann, a traditional, cozy Bavarian restaurant with its eclectic country style interior (you have to try the Käserspäzle, the cheese noodles) served by a waiter or waitress in typical Bavarian attire: tracht. Breeches and braces for men, and a pinafore dress for women.
Feichtstraße 19
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