While we were in Munich we stayed about an hour outside of the city in a small lake town called Diessen, which felt a little remote but had a very nice hotel! We had a delicious dinner there the first night of trout from the lake! Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo :(
The next day was our day trip into Munich, where we went to the Alte Pinakotek, an purpose-built art museum with a very nice collection of italian and northern Renaissance masters. The highlight of the gallery for me was Durer's Self Portrait at 28 which has been one of my must-sees for some time. Won't got into much art historical detail about it here because I've already raved and rambled in my journal but see how the artist paints himself as Christ? Also did a presentation on Van Der Weyden's Saint Luke Painting the Virgin which is fascinating even if it was probably one of the copies done by the workshop.
During my afternoon in Munich, after some careful soul-searching, I decided to take the train out to the Dachau concentration camp memorial site. As expected it was a very disturbing experience and provided no answers or feelings of resolution in this issue that is one I have grappled with and studied for quite some time. Still, it felt important to me to go and it still feels important to me that I went, and I wouldn't take it back--I think I needed to go and pay my respects. I didn't take any pictures at the actual site...that just didn't feel right. But I did take one as we got on the bus to go.
The next morning we boarded our trusty bus with our bags packed (yet again!) to make our way to Nuremberg!
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