We arrived in Munich via bus. We again took a walking tour given by the same company as Prague. The tour did a nice job of mixing both the light and dark sides of Munich's history. We observed a plaque recently commemorated by the families of four policemen who had been wrongly identified as Nazi sympathizers. There names had not been exonerated until several years ago. Most of our trip to Munich was not actually spent in Munich but on a train trip southwest to see King Ludwig II's castles. Hohenschwangau was the summer home of King Ludwig II (yellow castle). He subsequently built another castle, Neuschwanstein, which we toured. We attempted to capture the beauty of the German Alps, clear, blue lakes and the castle itself. I suspect the pictures will not do it justice. King Ludwig II was an interesting character even in his time. Good people watching was had at the Augustina beer garden. It is a massive outdoor space under the shade of trees and flanked by various eateries. The food is rich and not a lot that does not include some sort of animal.
