Old town from Garden |
Monopteros in Garden |
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Friday, 5 August.
We had breakfast at the hotel, then drove back to the city center
and through the English Garden (1789), a huge public
park right in the center of Munich. It was beautiful and
had many attractions. One we particularly wanted to see
was the Chinese Tower (1790), but we never did find it.
Then we headed back across Munich and visited the
Nymphenburg Palace. The first section was completed in 1665,
but building continued for another century. The Palace was exceptionally
beautiful and had lovely grounds. Unfortunately, the
weather was a bit misty when we arrived. We saw the inside first, and the
sun was out bythe time we went outside.
Nymphenburg in the rain |
Marble Hall |
Gilded Carriages |
The Grand Cascade |
Prosperina |
Amalianburg hunting lodge |
We stayed
longer than we expected, then had lunch at a little
place right off the palace grounds. No one there
understood English, but we had an easier time ordering
than we had the night before with the English speaking
waiter. The name of the restaurant, incidentally, was
the Hofbrauhaus. From the restaurant we drove back
across the Alps by way of Garmisch, a much shorter route
but with no autobahn. We had supper at a
trattoria along the highway just past Rovereto.
There was a heavy fog the last ten miles, but we inched
our way through. We got to our home in Verona about
22:00. Knowing we were on our way, Rosa had kept our four boys up, so we had a warm
homecoming.
