Last day in Munich

Five days here and there is only one sight that we have not walked to in those days! That was the Residenz, Wikipedia reference here. The Museum ticket takes you to 130 rooms on a couple of floors.

When we finished we had our 10,000 steps in 8000 of them getting there and wandering around. Descriptions need to be flowery and to acknowledge unlike the Nymphenberg Castle this one was really filled with reconstructed rooms and original furniture. When the bombs dropped on Munich in 1944/45 the artifacts were moved to safe quarters, But with the fires and collapsed ceilings the walls and their decorations were demolished.

Wiki quote: "The palace was severely damaged by bombing during World War II. Most of its rooms were reconstructed by the 1980s. Some of the buildings, however, were rebuilt in a simplified manner. Examples of this are the facade of the Alte Residenz on Residenzstrasse or the Arcades in front of the former throne hall on the first floor of the Festsaalbau. A substantial loss was caused by the destruction of the neo-classical rooms and halls in the Festssalbau (including the Grand Throne Hall, now the Hercules Concert Hall, and the Grand Stairway), of the rich décor of the Papal Rooms including the ceiling of the Golden Hall and of the apartment of King Ludwig II (1864–1886). The frescoes of the Court Church of All Saints were also completely destroyed."

the Antiquarium

This place grabbed me with the first room we entered - The Antiquarium. The 15th Century Rulers were obsessed by Roman Emperors and collected/commissioned statues and busts and built this room to house them. After that we were just assailed by opulence. Discerning what was real and what was reconstructed was tough, but the sights and rooms were worth it.

We saw both the King's and Queen's apartments, they seemed to live separate lives, but came together from time to time as there was a double bedroom in the middle of the Wing.

An hour later and with 150 photos we exited into the Square and sat down at the first resto with shade. The .75 litre bottle of water we bought was 7.5 euros ($10.20cdn) but we would have paid anything, as would the thirsty person in the Desert.

Passing the only Church that we hadn't looked at, in the DownTown area - St Peter's Church. We just had to peek in.

Looking for something to snack on for lunch it suddenly became obvious that Muncheners really take 'Sunday Closing Laws' seriously. - all the good places were shut tight, even the Virtual Market, a large food market was shut but walking further we came across a secluded Restaurant with an outside garden.

Walking back to the Hotel in 35Celcius temperature made it obvious that Western Europe is in the middle of a heatwave. Could have been worse it's 43C in Spain.

Now back to packing and checking out early we have to be on the airport shuttle by 7am.