Oberschleißheim
Only one thing on the plan today: a trip to the palace at Oberschleissheim. (Here's the guidebook stuff, history and all. 1726, summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria.)
This was a medium ride on the S-bahn (about like from Palo Alto to Burlingame on the Caltrain) and then a 15-minute walk from the station. This was odd: the only signage to this suburban town's major tourist attraction was a small sign: "Schloss, 15 minuten gehweg" pointing down a small alley. Now we have our dictionary we quickly decoded gehweg as walkway, and proceeded on. Eventually we got to the back door.
Palace, west, or back side.
Unlike the palaces in Berlin and closer in to Munich, the presentation of this one made few concessions to the German-impaired. No English audio guide, no pamphlet. Some of the rooms had explanatory panels with translations, some were in German only. If we'd been serious students of the Bavarian Baroque, we'd have been upset. (Or maybe if we were serious students, we'd learn some German?) But we're just rubberneckers, and we walked through the grand rooms with necks a-swivel.
Check the figures in the upper level.
Get your elbow outta my face or I'll club yah.
Paaaaarty!
Some of the plaster-work was by the same guy who decorated the church at Kloster Andechs.
57 meters long, not quite two basketball courts.
The garden design is unchanged from the 1720s.
Unlike the garden at Charlottenburg, it is being very well maintained.
East side, the official front view.
The Lustheim Palace is a little shack at the opposite end of the garden, more than a kilometer away. We walked at least 4 miles to, around and back on this expedition.
It houses a collection of baroque-era porcelain.
Marian's favorite piece.
Munich Friday Night
After a rest at the hotel we went out to find supper. Walked to Sedlinger Tor by a different route (LandwehrStrasse) and found ourselves walking through the Turkish district, with turkish store names and turkish-looking guys smoking cigarettes and talking in the cafes. Found an OK meal, then decided, as we'd clocked at least 5 miles total today, to just go over to the Marienplatz and take the U-bahn home. This is going from the edge of downtown to the middle.
And the middle of Munich was jumpin' at 8:30 on a Friday night! The closer we got to Marienplatz, the thicker the crowds. Some euro-pop girl group was doing a live show in the middle of the platz, and we had to elbow through the crowd. Stores were open (we noticed the Apple Store was crammed) and people were everywhere, live music from several directions.
Don't know if this is a warm-up for Oktoberfest that starts in a week, or just how Munich is on a Friday night, but it was kinda fun.
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