Munich, Germany

Here in this city of contrasts, the visitor will find:

the  Nymphenburg Palace -- a humble summer palace for the Wittelsbachs (where princes still reside in one of the wings);

the BMW Museum ("I'll take this one and that cute red one in the corner.");

a state building with a World War II memorial honoring the fallen soldiers from Bavaria;

and the beautifully landscaped Hofgarten where a cellist played in this "Renaissance" temple as we ate ham-and-rye sandwiches.

 

While Munich advertises beer halls, opera, and 50 theaters, its story also includes the political rise of Adolph Hitler. This city was the headquarters for the Nazi Party. The building that once served as Hitler's Administrative Offices in Bavaria now houses a music school. The empire he envisioned lasting 1,000 years, existed for 12. In Munich people's capacity for good and evil are revealed.