Cycle Life Challenge Ride 6: A Palace, Two Toads and Sakura

A beautiful Sunday – yoohoo! We set our sights on Schleissheim Palace, the goal we gave up a few days ago due to the cold wind, and it was a glorious day to be out on our bikes. So as not to be too repititious, I am posting pictures of Schleissheim’s Old Palace, not the newer and more pretentious New Palace, completed less than 100 years later. The “Altes Schloss” (Old Palace) is a rare example of a late Renaissance country residence. During the Second World War almost all of the roof and several rooms of the castle building were completely destroyed in air raids; in 1970 reconstruction could be started. Today it houses exhibits from the Bavarian National Museum, including an East and West Prussia exhibition and Gertrud Weinhold’s collection of popular religious art.
We didn’t stop in Schleissheim although a pleasant beer garden was beckoning. We could prolong our ride by cycling farther through a bit of woods to another beer garden.
On our way back, when we thought we had seen and photographed all the good things for the day, came another surprise. When we passed the blossoming cherry trees in Petuelpark (that I posted a few days ago), we saw that Munich has become even more international. There were groups of people seated under the trees celebrating hanami, the Japanese custom of eating and drinking while enjoying the cherry blossoms.
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Beer Garden to Bear Garden — what a delightful adventure.
Those toads were indeed a surprise, and to catch a mating ‘team’ was almost extraordinary! Like you I would have thought there was NO WAY a car would be yielding to a toad crossing the road. Goes to show you how little WE know.
Cherry blossoms are out all around here too, and I was disappointed to have our planned ride through the UW (where they are in huge display) canceled on Monday. I don’t know if when I get the chance to ride, the blossoms will still be there. We have ridden through them a couple of years in a row. May miss them this year.
“”Sakura Sakura”, also known as “Sakura”, is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms” Now I know. 🙂 TBD if I remember it! 😉
Nice ride, seems to be lots of palaces around. Enjoyed the photos.
Alcohol enhanced beer and fasting Monks — sort of a dichotomy? Maybe not?
I think is great people brake for the toads — I fear for the squirrels here, they dont always make the best decisions crossing the streets.
What a great post, Suzanne. Sakura with toads! What could be better? I was sorry we missed the cherry bloom in Portland before we left. I never think of it as something to look for in Europe as well.
I’m envious about that weather too. It looks warmer up there than it has been down here in Sicily so far.
Toad must mean a very ugly frog, nice to see blossom and leaves appearing from the trees.
Hanami, what could be better?