SCHLOSS NYMPHENBURG

One mission today, get the tram to Schloss Nymphenburg and have a look around.  We did it. 

It was amazing to get off the tram, turn the corner and there it is in all its glory. 

We spent pretty well all day here there was so much to see. The castle apartments were just the beginning. The grounds went on forever full of woods, groves, water - two lakes - and beautiful outlying buildings. You'll just have to see the pictures as I would get too long winded and repetitive, e.g. "Oh my goodness that's beautiful", "what an amazing.....". 

Rob and I did eventually leave, tram to the Viktualienmarket, a 200 year old open air market. It is a mix of food and goods, with a beer garden at the centre. What a surprise! Better have a beer then. We wandered around town not quite aimlessly and happened to go into a church which surprised us with its origami. More wandering to come across another street market, which was all Italian foods. 

Ever have the feeling that it's not quite time for dinner, not quite enough time for a sleep and too late to go anywhere. What does one do? Get on a tram of course and take it to its destination, past a huge industrial area cleverly masked by trees, past an enormous sculpture titled 'Mae West', back along an different route to the trendiest burger grill in town. Picked as tourists,  given the menu in English and served by an lively English speaking waitress who hopes to run into us again. Good fun. Tram home.

I miss my bike, seeing everyone on theirs. The streets have bike paths on the footpath, they are all one way and cyclists move pretty fast along them. Almost no one walks on them. I have seen 2 men in lycra, and a handful of helmets. Everyone just gets on and rides off. Lots of children carried in trailers, cargo-like front carts and yesterday riding pillion on the luggage rack behind her mother. And no rubbish, people just don't drop any. Great attitude.