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June 6, 2007
It was finally ok out, so we headed out of Munich to see some palaces and a little town we read was pretty. Since it looked like it might rain, but hadn’t started yet by the time we got to Schleissheim, we stopped there first. It was actually sunny too! Cold, but at least sunny. The park houses three different palaces. The Old Palace, New Palace (built to resemble Versailles Palace), and a smaller palace called Palace Lusteim. Palace Lusteim was actually built as a hunting lodge to celebrate Elector Max Emanuel’s wedding. Must be nice. But the weather held out and the palaces were beautiful and so were the grounds. You can go into the palaces, but they mainly hold museums now. The Old Palace is a museum of folk art, the New Palace is a museum of the Bavarian State, and the Palace Lusteim is a museum of porcelain. Kinda funny since it started as a manly hunting lodge.
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After Schleissheim, we headed over to Freising, which apparently is the Rose town. :) The town was really lovely. Lots of old buildings, and many of the shops had bears outside them decorated in clothing that represented the shop. The baker had a bear dressed as a baker, etc. It was really cute. We had originally gone to see a beautiful church, but couldn’t find it. We got to tourist information and found out that Freising also houses the oldest brewery in the world, Weihenstephan. The church was forgotten and we headed to the brewery. It was atop a hill on the edges of the town. (Thank goodness it was a small town.) Unfortunately, we had missed the last tour of the brewery by a good few hours, but the since it was not raining, the beer garden was open. It was slightly chilly, but the views of the valley below and the city were wonderful. And the beer was great. There was a double dark beer there that Mike claims is the best in the world. It tastes like caramel and is really, really good. If anyone ever encounters the Weihenstephan Korbinian beer, try it. I am hoping that we will be able to get it somewhere back in Michigan, but we’re not keeping our fingers crossed. Its dirt cheap here, but I am sure that it would be expensive back home.
It was finally ok out, so we headed out of Munich to see some palaces and a little town we read was pretty. Since it looked like it might rain, but hadn’t started yet by the time we got to Schleissheim, we stopped there first. It was actually sunny too! Cold, but at least sunny. The park houses three different palaces. The Old Palace, New Palace (built to resemble Versailles Palace), and a smaller palace called Palace Lusteim. Palace Lusteim was actually built as a hunting lodge to celebrate Elector Max Emanuel’s wedding. Must be nice. But the weather held out and the palaces were beautiful and so were the grounds. You can go into the palaces, but they mainly hold museums now. The Old Palace is a museum of folk art, the New Palace is a museum of the Bavarian State, and the Palace Lusteim is a museum of porcelain. Kinda funny since it started as a manly hunting lodge.
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After Schleissheim, we headed over to Freising, which apparently is the Rose town. :) The town was really lovely. Lots of old buildings, and many of the shops had bears outside them decorated in clothing that represented the shop. The baker had a bear dressed as a baker, etc. It was really cute. We had originally gone to see a beautiful church, but couldn’t find it. We got to tourist information and found out that Freising also houses the oldest brewery in the world, Weihenstephan. The church was forgotten and we headed to the brewery. It was atop a hill on the edges of the town. (Thank goodness it was a small town.) Unfortunately, we had missed the last tour of the brewery by a good few hours, but the since it was not raining, the beer garden was open. It was slightly chilly, but the views of the valley below and the city were wonderful. And the beer was great. There was a double dark beer there that Mike claims is the best in the world. It tastes like caramel and is really, really good. If anyone ever encounters the Weihenstephan Korbinian beer, try it. I am hoping that we will be able to get it somewhere back in Michigan, but we’re not keeping our fingers crossed. Its dirt cheap here, but I am sure that it would be expensive back home.
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