Monday, July 30, 2007

 
The last place we visited this afternoon was Schloss Nymphenburg.  Yeah that is a big word.  :)This is a summer palace (you have to be kidding right??).  tO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON IN 1664, the Elector Ferdinand Maria and his wife Henrietto Adelaide of Savoy commissioned Agostino Barelli to build a summer palace to the west of Munich.  The winds and annexe buildings were added from 1701 onwards.  Beautiful historic gardens, monster houses with intricate paintings and architecture, a large lake, and incredibly beautiful carriages can be viewed at this spot.
 

There were a lot of swans on the lake today :)
 

One of the MANY houses on the estate.
 
 
 
 

If the smart cars don't work out :) there is always this!
 

Sleigh for the snow in the winter!!!!!  Now that is one heck of a sleigh!
 

I saw this painting and liked the snow!!!!
 
 

Inside one of the houses...pretty nice :)
 
 
 

Beautiful paintins cover all of the walls of the castle
 

And the ceilings look like this...completely covered with gold leaf and paintings
 

We saw this car on the way out :)  I thought it was pretty cool.
 

We had dessert at the castle...okay I had dessert at
the castle.  David and Joey watched and made fun
of me for eating all of it.  Hey it looks bigger than
it actually was.  Okay well maybe not.
 

Beautiful church on the outskirts of Schloss Nymphenburg.  Nice sky
today - by the way.  :)
 
 
Okay I have a lot more pics to go through...perhaps later.  Jet lag is kicking my butt!  Went to bed around midnight then got up at 4 and then back to sleep.  No nap today!  I am HOPING I can sleep tonight.  The usual is for a person to be wide awake around 3-5 a.m.  We shall see.
 
Okay so I have a question about this sign.  IS IT NECESSARY to ACTUALLY show the poop?  I mean isn't the dog enough?  I mean I could figure it out without the poop.  :)  I thought this was funny though!

 
94 on my Criminal Justice Final!!!!  YAY that is finished.  ONE more BIG test to go.  I will take that tomorrow.  Then I am finished - for now at least!
 
My friend Jason just got back from scuba diving - Bonaire :)

He posted some great photos on this site

http://www.hbfdonline.org/bonaire.php

The water looks great and the tropical fish are beautiful!  I can't ever explain how awesome it is to be under the water - in the ocean - and to see all of these creatures.  It is truly like entering another world.

 
Current conditions here in Munich

http://www8.landings.com/cgi-bin/parse_wthr_script.pl?pass=12345&apt_id=EDDM&type=METAR

Chilly evening ahead.  Dew points are already low.  Temp is falling!

 
Turn the page for Tuesday :)
 
 
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