Brian and I were hoping that Kinsley would take a nap while we made our way to the palace. She fell asleep as we were pulling in. So we both knew this would make for a wonderful experience. Once again, the stroller was a struggle at times and she didn't want to hold our hands while walking.
This here is Nymphenburg Palace, it was the summer home of the Bavarian Kings.
A nice couple took our picture, as you can see Kinsley was being a lovely child and not smiling.
This is the main hall in which they would have banquets and celebrate other events. The details in the paintings were amazing and as you can see they used gold trim all over the place.
You can't tell but each picture was different because of the electoral families over time.
Most of the hallways had portraits of the kings and queens that lived in the palace.
Here is a painting of the Bavarian and Saxon electoral families playing music and cards.
Queen's study
King Ludwig I, commissioned a painter to go through out his kingdom and find the 36 most beautiful women to prove that his kingdom had the most beauties. There were women from all classes represented, ranging from the King's daughter to the daughter of a shoemaker. Which was also the dining room.
This is the Queen's Audience room. The walls in this room were covered in blue silk.
The Queen's room which is also the room in which King Ludwig II was born.
Every time we walked out of another room to the banquet hall, I felt the need to take another picture. Would it be too much to ask for this in my dream home. Oh and don't forget the gold trim.
The balcony on the back looked out to the expansive gardens, we walked around for an hour and only saw half of the gardens. It was like walking around DC all over again.
Gold detail on the outside of the palace as well.
Kinsley in front of one of the various park palaces throughout the gardens. The one below was a hunting lodge.
All of the details are wood and stucco carvings painted silver.
Mirror room
Dutch kitchen with Chinese-style decor. The tiles show scenes of flower vases and the life of the Chinese. It was made to resemble porcelain. At a point in time it wasn't completed, so the remaining tiles were assembled incorrectly.
Badenburg Palace also known as the bath house.
Here it is the great indoor pool. Not sure how you get down there. We couldn't see any doors. The creepy part is we are standing in the gallery for those who wanted to look on.
Someone should have taken a nap.
There was also an exhibit covering the various carriages and sleighs used by the Kings.
A child's sled.
There were many hunting sleighs.
Here is a carousel used for the kids, they were also used by knights to practice jousting.
King Ludwig II's state coach
Many of the original harnesses used for the horses were in the giant glass cases.
King Ludwig II had his favorite horse stuffed it is on display.
The porcelain museum had the collection of tea sets and dinnerware used in the palace.
Another horse but we weren't sure who this belonged to.
That concludes our trip to Munich. There was so much that we didn't get a chance to see. But that just means we'll have to make another trip. We had a blast and hope to go to Cologne for our next mini trip. One of Brian's teachers said that they have a chocolate museum where you can create you own chocolate bars with different ingredients to choose from. Now that sounds like my kind of place.
Ciao!
