Continuing with the theme of ridiculous wealth and immense political influence, let me introduce you to King Ludwig II.
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| Doesn't look like he gets beat often by vans. Hah. Get it? Ludwig? Van Beat Often? HAAH. |
Reclusive and eccentric, his personality can largely be boiled down to two concepts. One, he hated being with other people. And two, he had an obsession with anything medieval.
He was basically the Absolutist equivalent of a Weeaboo. But god damn, did he love in a fancy basement.
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| Holy |
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| Cannoli. |
His backyard stretched for MILES. The walk there took a good hour to make and we were walking at a pretty fast pace. But damn was it beautiful.
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| I love the reflection in this picture. |
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| They had a gondolier, but at 30 Euros a person for a lake with no sights, it was not worth it. |
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| An infinite forest path. |
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| Again with the fountains and the buildings! |
He also had an entire hiking trail in his backyard, right next to a lake, which was also beautiful but wasn't as beautiful as the main palace because it had 500% more bees. Nevertheless, I took some pictures too.
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| Where are we goin? clap clap clap |
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| All we need is Tom Hanks sitting on that bench holding a box of chocolates and we got a pretty good movie poster! |
We also found this really cool temple-looking thing there!
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| I don't know what it is, or what it's supposed to be... |
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| But I love it. |
Seeing this cool thing in the middle of nowhere gave us an idea for the Annual Badass Family Picture.
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| "Yeah, don't mind Jimmy "Green Shirt" over there. He's real shy." |
Followed immediately after by the less-badass parental units picture.
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| Aww. |
Later, we visited the famous Allianz museum, home of the FC Bayern football team. Even though I have no idea who that team is, we visited it just because the stadium is very pretty.
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| It looks like a golf ball. But it's a football stadium?? |
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| Whatever, Joby doesn't really care, it looks cool. |
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| A mildly artistic shot I got. With my iPhone too, look at that. |
Considering it is the headquarters of the football team, they of course had a store selling their merchandise, which we visited.
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| "They advertise the fact that their football team eats?" |
Okay, I know that when you're a fan, it's normal to own some merchandise that shows your "fan allegiance." I myself am guilty of that too, with my Smash Bros shirts, my movie posters, and the scale bust of Taylor Swift that I carved out of marble in 8th grade art class. But some of the things they sell on here border on insanity.
They have dog bowls...
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| Chemicals in the FC Bayern logo actually make the water taste like the team's collective sweat. |
Gummy bears...
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| There's also some FC Bayern ketchup in the corner to go with your gummy bears and your obsession. |
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| Instead of buying properties, I believe you pay FIFA officials off for World Cup benefits. Ooooh. |
Goddamn toasters...
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| It actually places carcinogens in your bread in the team letters! |
And this thing.
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| I'm surprised they fit an entire mildly muscular white guy into this bag. |
I think it's a couch cover that replicates the Allianz Stadium seats, which is RIDICULOUS. Firstly, it's just a glorified blanket, and secondly, it absolutely does not accurately reflect stadium seats because it doesn't come with spilt beer stains, underseat gum wads, and a greasy residue resulting from the collective blood sweat and tears of every person who has been on that exact seat.
But hey, everyone needs a hobby.
Speaking of hobbies, I think I'll pick up a new one during my time in Germany: bottle collection.
They have this AWESOME machine in Haupbahnhof (Central Station) that gives you vouchers for money when you give them recyclable bottles! Look at it:
I love it so much.
RFotD: Each bottle gives you 0.25 Euros. EACH BOTTLE.
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