More of Munich: Fruhlingfest and Nymphenburg

With all the blog posts that we're writing about Munich, I've realized that we saw a ton of the city. I'm sure there's still plenty more that we didn't spot, but those will have to wait for another trip. 

Huge sculpture seemed to be everywhere. This one was between our house and the fairgrounds. 

We walked past this super fancy house too

We were greeted with the sight of carnival rides at the fairgrounds as well as this Parkour one. This was all set up for Fruhlingfest/Springfest/Little Oktoberfest

Carnival ferris wheel in the background of the flea market

There was a giant flea market going on where you could buy anything

Even skateboards were for sale

We climbed to the top of the steps of this statue to overlook the chaos

Upon viewing the entire market, we knew we'd never see it all 

It was a lot to take in

As we walked away from the market and toward a train station we came across this giant snail sculpture in the middle of a plaza. 

Later in the day, after seeing the Andechs Monastery, we returned to the city and saw the Nymphenburg Palace. We didn't tour the inside, but the grounds were fantastic. 

Amalienburg, a hunting lodge, for the Elektoress Maria Amalia

Creeping around the windows of Amalienburg produced this secret photo of the inside

River flowing thru the palace grounds

Canal on the grounds for gondola rides

Backside of Nymphenburg Palace

Statue with an amusing little creature that I'm pointing out

Closer view of the backside of the palace with another non-functioning fountain

View from the back porch of the palace

The front side of Nymphenburg Palace

Later in the evening we returned to Fruhlingfest to see if we could find a big screen projection of the Bayern Munich game and partake in a Fruhlingfest beer. The fairgrounds were crowded with young people in traditional German dress drinking, eating, and smoking. There was no big screen to be found, and the lines to get into the beer tents/halls were long and crowded. Alas. It was quite the sight to behold though.