Thursday, July 21
After lunch, Simon showed us his favorite things -- the knights'
swords -- in the Schatzkammer
der Residenz Munchen (Treasury in the Munich Residence). The treasures
of the royal family Wittelsbach are a thousand years' worth of priceless
objects crafted of precious metals, gems, ivory, glass and more.
Max-Joseph-Platz
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Artwork in the Halls of the Nibelungen
in the Munich
Residence. The mythological scenes here
were the basis of Richard Wagner’s opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen."
Wagner hung out at the Residence with his friend "Mad" King Ludwig II (of
Neuschwanstein
"fairy-tale castle" fame) around 1864.
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Simon in the Munich
Residence courtyard.
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We walked the long way home, to look at more of the city, but we
failed to tire Simon out.
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Queen's crown in the Treasury
of the Munich Residence
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St. George Slaying the Dragon,
a 16th-century reliquary in the Treasury,
is made of gold and embedded with more than 2,000 diamonds, rubies, emeralds,
sapphires and semiprecious stones.
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Lynne in the Halls of the Nibelungen
in the Munich
Residence.
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Window shopping
for Bavarian fashions --
liederhosen and dirndls
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Claire practicing the cello
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Simon and Lynne at Maximilian
Park, in front of the Friedensengel.
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