Wednesday, 4/10, Royal Residence

Today we woke up and got ready to tour Munich for the day. We had breakfast at the hotel. It was a traditional Bavarian breakfast buffet. It was very unusual. They like to eat lunch meats (they probably don't call it that), cheeses, & crackers. They also had fresh fruit, eggs, breads (the croissant was the best), and bacon & sausage. It wasn't my favorite breakfast. It was included in our hotel reservation, but I would have rather found a bakery.

Side note: I forgot to mention that the night before, on our way back from the hofbrauhaus, we went to McDonalds. In the states we DO NOT eat at McDonalds. It's disgusting and makes our stomaches hurt. In Germany they have different laws about food, and there aren't any preservatives, so it's fresh. Also, if you see a picture of a meal, then what you order has to look exactly the same. Josh had tested it a few days ago with Tasha and he didn't gas us out of the house! He said that was the true test. When we had it that night in Munich, I didn't get sick either. I wish that we had these laws about food here. My stomach felt great the whole time we were gone.

Back to Wednesday. After breakfast we walked to the Residence and toured the Treasury and the Palace. We only had a couple of hours before our bike tour started, so we had to rush through the last part of the palace. This was the largest castle/palace that we had seen. We could have spent all day there. This Royal Residence is where the Bavarian Kings and Queens mainly lived, since Munich is the capital of Bavaria.

Here are some pictures of the Treasury. I think Josh should buy his Queen a fancy crown!

Then we walked through the actual Palace. We walked through some 90 rooms, there were some really cool rooms, but to be honest they all started to look the same after awhile. We didn't have time to listen to all of the information on our radio tour guide. Here are some of my favorite pictures.

This is the Garden Room. Decorated with sea shells. Since Germany is landlocked, I'm sure this was an expensive feature.

This is one of the Great Halls. It was amazing, with paintings through out and sculptures galore.

There were details from floor to ceiling in all of the rooms. Every apartment had different details that kept with a particular theme.

That was the end of our Residence tour. We could have been there all day, but had to rush through the last part since we had a bike tour scheduled for the afternoon. We definitely could have stayed in Munich for a couple of days seeing all the sites and all the history.

Next up Mike's Bike Tour!