Because spring comes and goes so fast in this region, I wanted to hit up another botanical garden before it was 'too' late.
We had an impromptu, half-ass photo shoot in the garden, considering it was Mother's Day and all. This was one of the few times I didn't have to bribe my kids to take a picture with me...
After a much needed lunch break, we headed to our first stop: Saint Michael's Church.
I honestly came to visit crazy King Lugwig's II place of rest, but the crypt was closed that day. Boo!
From the church, we wandered and aimlessly weaved throughout the city. Without a place in mind to visit, we found some new things we hadn't seen before; Siegestor, Englischer Garten, Hofgarten, the Bavarian State Theater, and some strange structure near the Odeonplatz called Feldherrnhalle.
Note: We didn't walk to all of these places. We used our Tagesticket to ride the U-bahn around.
No trip to Munich is complete without seeing Marienplatz and all of her amazing architecture glory.
This was kind of a boring post, but I wanted to show y'all that Munich has a ton o' color hiding in one of its corners!
Munich isn't one of our favorite cities here in Germany, so I'm not certain that we'll return to again for the hell of it (except for maybe Oktoberfest, or to catch a flight), but I am glad we were able to see a different side to it.
I'm not sure what the next post will be about, or where it'll be about, but it'll be about something...I have four drafts sitting there. Might be a day. Might be a month!
Gardens make me happy. Actually, any green space makes me happy.
If living abroad has taught me anything, it's that I really miss having an outdoor space of my own. Apartment living looks sexy and swanky on television, but it's definitely not for this gal in real life!
I miss my flowers beds, planting veggies, and hanging hummingbird feeders. So until I move from here, I'll take any chance I get to walk through any garden I find.
Alas, Munich's botanical garden. And a little bit of Munich's downtown, to boot.
***I feel as if I have been on the go with every day life since this particular adventure, which actually took place almost a month ago. There's always something going on aside from our travels: School functions, deadlines for some of my personal ventures, errands, as well as running a household! This post is pretty darn delayed. Oops. As much as I love writing about our adventures, it is not priority one. I'm currently pulling the single parent role (husband is on 'business', out of Germany), so this adds an extra dose of insane to my already crazy and busy life.***
Honestly, I didn't think Munich's botanical garden would be worth writing a post.
It's not considered the 'best', nor the biggest. It doesn't hold world records.
But here I am, typing...
This garden puts many others we've visited in Europe to shame. Just about every square foot was blanketed in a kaleidoscope of colors. I only snapped about 874 photos while visiting for an hour and a half. And no, not every single image will be in this post! But be warned, there will be a ton o' floral photos below.
Munchen Botanischer Garten
We parked in our usual spot and rode the tram past the Nymphenburg Palace (been there. Check out May 2015 archives) to the botanical garden.
*The garden is accessible via Schloss Nymphenburg's gardens, but because we've visited the palace before {in it's entirety}, we chose to skip the palace.
Admission to the botanical garden was only €4.50 per adult (kids free) and worth every cent.
I hadn't even stepped but fifteen feet from the entrance before my camera and I wandered off, away from the family.
There's not a whole lots to say about this place that pictures cannot describe!
There's not a whole lots to say about this place that pictures cannot describe!
We did pay a visit to the inside of the greenhouses. Though they had some pretty characteristics, they weren't as organized and lush like the last greenhouses (or glasshouses, if you prefer) that we visited in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I especially liked the Mexikohaus; where they had large saguaros that reminded me of Arizona- my registered residence, and the place I grew up in. That's about all of the excitement I got out of the greenhouses; just a few cacti.
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| They also had a few 500 gallon aquariums containing fish, but the aquariums mostly represented tropical plants that grow in water. |
We wandered around the garden for another half hour or so before we took off to visit the downtown area of Munich. I didn't want to leave, but I can admit that finding lunch was becoming a higher priority than sniffing flowers.
After a much needed lunch break, we headed to our first stop: Saint Michael's Church.
I honestly came to visit crazy King Lugwig's II place of rest, but the crypt was closed that day. Boo!
From the church, we wandered and aimlessly weaved throughout the city. Without a place in mind to visit, we found some new things we hadn't seen before; Siegestor, Englischer Garten, Hofgarten, the Bavarian State Theater, and some strange structure near the Odeonplatz called Feldherrnhalle.
Note: We didn't walk to all of these places. We used our Tagesticket to ride the U-bahn around.
No trip to Munich is complete without seeing Marienplatz and all of her amazing architecture glory.
This was kind of a boring post, but I wanted to show y'all that Munich has a ton o' color hiding in one of its corners!
Munich isn't one of our favorite cities here in Germany, so I'm not certain that we'll return to again for the hell of it (except for maybe Oktoberfest, or to catch a flight), but I am glad we were able to see a different side to it.
I'm not sure what the next post will be about, or where it'll be about, but it'll be about something...I have four drafts sitting there. Might be a day. Might be a month!
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