Nice house

Friday I spent at two museums. First, I headed toward the second address I'd found for the Jewish Museum in Munich (first address was a destination for Thursday -- couldn't find the museum). While the museum wasn't there, either, I did find a sign, pointing me toward St.-Jakobs-Platz, where the museum is a cube -- much like the Jewish Museum in Berlin - except the ground floor of this one is entirely glass, with quotes and comments on the walls, including "isn't there one just like that in Berlin?" Indeed. The museum extends to the basement as well as two levels above the glass box, though these are recessed and not obviously seen from the street. There were three exhibitions; the permanent exhibition is about Munich's Jewish history and community.

After another stop at the market, I made my way to the very modest Residenz, the largest downtown palace in Germany where more than 130 rooms are open for visitors. (May I say that after about room 100, one starts to wonder if one will ever be allowed to leave the building.) Having been built and expanded upon by several members of the Wittelsbach family, the building now includes architecture and decor representing the Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo periods. While some of the castle is in fact original, even particular furnishings in the particular rooms -- including wall coverings -- much is not, but does date to the period (or, even, to another part of the castle). The self-guided tour frequently reminds the listener that it is this way because "it was destroyed in The Second World War." That got tiresome, quickly.