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Innsbruck, Austria

Innsbruck is a nice city to visit, many large buildings, a very long history, and some extremely beautiful views.

Beautiful farmland
Supporting humane treatment of animals for slaughter
Traditional Austrian food, roasted pork with dumpling with a nice salad, and the Austrian version of macaroni and cheese
This traditional setting doesn’t exactly match hard rock café style
We took a break from Austrian food at some cheap Chinese restaurant
The beach in Innsbruck is really just some place to sit by the river
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Fairytale castle – Neuschwanstein – Crazy Ludwig’s (II) castle

a photoshop version

There are 2 castles close together. Hohenschwangau was built on top of a 13th century castle ruin by Ludwig II’s father and the fairytale castle (Neuschwanstein) was built by Ludwig II, also known as “crazy Ludwig” (found insane after bankrupting the family and then mysteriously died). This castle here is probably the most famous icon of Germany and is really amazing to see, though both castles are expensive to enter. Best to book Neuschwanstein a month in advance so you get a good visit time. With both castles you only get a 45 or so minute tour so it isn’t really anything close to the in depth tour of the Munich Residence.

as seen from Hohenschwangau
as seen from the bridge
long way down on the bridge
totally crowded
views from the castle
Hohenschwangau as seen from Ludwig’s castle
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Nymphenburg Palace

The palace of the Bavarian kings. Click the link below to read about the palace and the place the royals kept their beautiful carriages, sleds and horses.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphenburg_Palace

Coronation robes for the king’s horse
Stuffed
For kids, princes and princesses
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Munich

as far as I am concerned the Hofbrauhaus is the most famous Bier hall in the world. I’ve known about this place for 62 years. It seems to be doing very well and it was great visiting and trying the beer and some snack. This beer hall is well known to everyone who ate at Schroeder’s Café in San Francisco which is still there on Front Street.

This visitor found the beer hall to be hot enough to use her fan, not the western style fan.
This lady was selling pretzels in the beer hall
This meal was had at a Google maps recommended restaurant in Munich. The food was very nice. Pigs knuckle along with Bavarian white sausage
Many hotels don’t have a kettle to boil water in the morning for coffee so I bought an inexpensive one to carry along since I can’t survive in the morning without a cup of coffee
Frauenkirche
dragons live!
The glockenspiel. We used to say this word often when I was young and we never knew what it was. Now I know.
A memorial to the Jews who were massacred throughout Europe in the 1930s and 40s
Below you will see what I’m holding up
Marx and Engels. I could write many pages about these guys I studied at Cornell but not here.
Of course the famous Brandenburg gate
The Munich train station
A little history concerning the separation of Berlin
Tear down that wall
Checkpoint Charlie
I surrendered here
I bought their beer mug when I was eight years old at Schroeder’s Café in the city
This is what it takes to get a good photo