Munich, a Palace, a Castle
We had company in town this weekend, so I took Friday off and we decided to go see some sights around town and maybe do a day trip. Our adventures began on Thursday evening after I got off work. I came home and we decided to head into Munich for dinner and meandering. We stopped off at the Augustiner am Platzl for dinner before wandering around Munich. We found another gelato place to try, so off we went. Side bar: It would be an interesting exercise to find two points of interest in Munich, say 1 mile apart, and find the walking path between them that passes NO gelato places. We took our gelato and headed down to the river and see what we could see. The river Isar runs through Munich and, while it's no Seine, it definitely adds character to the town. We walked down the Isar to Feuerwerksinsel (Fireworks Island). They have part of the river dammed here and only some of the water flows around the other side of the island. This makes for a nice little beach area. I'm not...