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To Salzburg Day 6

An earlier wake up today (perhaps we should not have crowed about beating jet lag yesterday) and we enjoy a repeat of Day 5 breakfast – successfully creating a double espresso this time.

Since we have a whole of Bayern transport pass today we take the U2 one stop to Sendlinger Tor to see the Asamkirche (St Johann Nepomuk). It is being vaccuumed inside and out and all tourists are shooed away by a determined little nun. So we walk back through Platzen and the old Botanischer Garten.

After introducing our newcomer to Viktualienmarkt we head back to the Asamkirche via the river. Amazing paintings reward us when we get inside, plus some organ practice.

Interior of Asamkirche

Asamkirche, Munich

We are just in time to catch our train to Salzburg HBF which is packed this Friday afternoon. Luckily Mr 32’s wariness based on prior experience of European trains saves us from ending up at Rosenheim due to being in the wrong half of the train.

View of Austria from train window

Train to Salzburg

We arrive in Salzburg at 5pm and make way to the apartment – with some difficulty. Dinner en route to the river involves Dumplings, Spargel, Huhn and Bieren and then the long walk home.

Too late I find out that 6 June is International Doughnut Day. Do doughnuts have holes in Europe?

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Schloss and Biergarten Day 5

After our breakfast picnic and a slight incident with the in-room coffee machine, we catch our first München tram and find the expansive Schloss Nymphenburg sitting in the middle of a suburb. Following the lines of kindergarten children with backpacks we admire the approach – and realise this is only the back entrance.

Schloss Nyphemburg, Munich

Schloss Nyphemburg

Inside the Schloss is a Gallery of Beauties full of portraits of young women admired by Ludwig I of Bavaria. All beautiful, and one slightly familiar.

Portrait of Lola Monte

Portrait of Lola Montez in Schloss Nymphenburg

Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (aka Lola Montez)  one-time mistress of Liszt arrived in Munich in 1846 and took up with King Ludwig. In 1855-56 she also had a fling with Australia, performing on the Victorian goldfields and causing a stir in Ballarat according to many Australian press reports of the day. It is interesting to compare how the German Wikipedia article treats Lola. No separate sections on the United States and Australia, and a long list of Lola references in the arts subdivided by artform, whereas the English article has an unordered list entitled ‘legacy’.

Swans in gardens at Schloss Nymphenburg

Swans in gardens at Schloss Nymphenburg

There are many more beauties of the horticultural kind outside the Schloss in the extensive gardens including mini Schloss and greenhouses.

Strawberries and raspberries

Beeren

On the way back school is out with kids on bikes filling the streets. Another stop at a fruit stall to replenish our Erdbeeren and Himbeeren box.

Waldwirtschaft Biergarten

Waldwirtschaft

Next challenge is the train to Großhesselohe-Isartalbahnhof where we arrive at Biergarten Waldwirtschaft for our rendezvous with Mr 32 just in time. English jazz plays in the  background to pleasant catching up on cycling adventures and downing the mass bier, some roast pork, sauerkraut and pommes.