Today we went to Castle Nymphenburg, which is really a palace as it has no fortifications whatsoever. It is quite large and incredibly ornate, as you would expect of a king’s palace. What I found most interesting was that although it is currently just outside the city center of Munich, when it was built it was basiclly in the middle of nowhere. Of course because of that it means that it has a huge garden that is impecibly landscaped. Since it was still winter there wasn’t much there, but they had just put in a few pansies and by a few, I mean about 16,000.
One of the smaller side palaces was unique in that it was trimmed out in silver, as opposed to the more typical gold. Although I suppose that might be because silver is more fashionable now. From there we got to have our first experiance with the legendary German Autobahn. This was promptly cut short as we had to get off to get gas… $100 worth of gas. When we got back to the autobahn we hit the first unlimited section which basicly felt like driving down the parkway. Driving in heavy traffic with every once in awhile hitting a break and getting passed by someone doing 130mph. The road itself wasn’t much different either, although it was only two lanes, and much twistier. I probably would have been more impressed if I was limited in my speed by the BMW’s break-in period, as well as the aforementioned crazy expensive gas, and the paranoid wife in the passenger seat.