Day four began with a city tour with local guide Collette. We met up with Collette at BMW World, and our first stop was Nymphenburg Palace, the birthplace of Ludwig II. Since we saw Ludwig's Neuschwanstein the day before, this was fitting. Collette gave us more information about Ludwig II and the royal family, and she discussed that Nymphenburg was a summer palace modeled after Versailles in Paris (which we'll see later in the trip). We had a few moments to walk in the gardens, which are quite beautiful.
From the palace, Collette drove us past many buildings of historical significance, mostly pertaining to Hitler and World War II. Hitler's former office, for example, is now a music school, and the art museum that used to feature classic art, Hitler's favorite, now is a modern art museum, which Hitler would despise. In one of the squares there is a monument to the victims of the Nazi party. The buildings surrounding this square used to occupy Nazi offices. We even saw Germans surfing in a river!
After saying auf wiedersehen to Collette, we had some free time for lunch. We had sandwiches and dessert on Marienplatz just in time to watch the glockenspiel. After lunch we headed to Dachau Concentration Camp, which deserves its own post.
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