Marienplatz – the central square in MunichGreek & Roman sculptures in the GlyptotekI found my first Barbie in the toy museum!The English Garden looks quite different now, compared to my 1997 visit. April must’ve been too cold for the nudists..Dog water bowl outside a restaurant: “Auch wir haben Durst”Bavaria Film Studio tour (in German)Schloss Linderhof – the first of King Ludwig II’s palacesI went jogging in Klosterwald Maria Eich in the mornings. There was an Easter egg hunt going on here on Easter Sunday.Munich subway station at the MarienplatzBaroque musicians near the Marienplatz, playing VivaldiHerrenchiemsee palace, King Ludwig II’s copy of VersaillesPhoto of the S-Bahn train, taken 28 years later in exactly the same spot!Music room in the Munich Residenz, with a giraffe piano in the cornerThe Bienenstich, or ‘bee sting’ (not the Apfelstrudel), is the BEST German pastryLake Starnberg, where King Ludwig II mysteriously died in 1886 Eggs for sale at the Friday market in the suburb of PlaneggDay trip to Rothenburg ob der TauberThe Rothenburg Night Watchman’s tour“Stangenspargel mit Butterpetersilienkartoffeln” (quite a mouthful) along the Würm riverSchloss Neuschwanstein, built by King Ludwig II in 1869Rothenburg town wall in 1997 vs 2025