I wanted to see this exhibition in Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig and decided to make that visit coincide with the “Herbstrundgang” in the galleries in Spinnerei Leipzig.

Bad idea. Much as I used to enjoy the two annual open weekends in the Spinnerei, and to think that it is one of the most interesting places to visit on a daytrip from Berlin – that was before Corona, and now I just can’t stand the crowds, half of which are probably spewing BA.2.75 aerosol all over the place. Also, there were long queues to get what looked like junk food to me, and it was impossible to get even just a cup of coffee. Clearly no longer my thing. From the minute I arrived there, I heard the comfortable ICE train which transports people between Berlin and Leipzig in just an hour and 15 minutes, as well as my home calling out my name :-).

The Museum of Fine Arts, on the other hand, was a great discovery (for me), and I should have spent a lot more time there and skipped the Spinnerei, where I only popped into a couple of galleries, but the “magic” and my interest in the place had vanished. If that comes back, I will make sure to visit during the week when there is barely anybody else there.

And I definitely want to go back and see more of the Museum of Fine Arts, so perhaps a two-day visit to Leipzig is in the cards. Leipzig is an underrated city with an interesting recent history, and there are still a lot of abandoned places (which for some strange reason the Germans call lost places) to photograph :-)).