Week 9 Germany–Golden ticket, cold, birthday and castles
Hello all
Week 9 and I'm still kicking it in Bavaria, Germany. The week started out with the elusive “golden
ticket.” Mail and birthday presents from
home. It was full of lots of surprises including warm sweaters and leg coverings.
Thanks family. And since my kids are not
real planners I am promised another “golden ticket” this week, but they wouldn’t
tell me what they got so I’ll just be surprised.
People-- it got cold this week. My back yard is full of frosty grass. Brrr!!!!
Gregg is up scraping ice every morning.
Maybe time for those snow tires.
That ought to be a real experience for us Floridians. Lol
Saturday was my birthday.
I always love it when my birthday is on a weekend and being on a
Saturday made it even sweeter. Thanks
for all the birthday wishes everyone. J I felt the wishes all
the way over here on the other side of the world. Gregg gave me new scarves for the cold,
too. I think everyone is worried I’ll
freeze to death. Lol
Gregg took me to Ludwig’s castle complete with a horse drawn
carriage. It is located on the romantic
road. I had a very good day. We toured Linderhof Castle first. See the picture below. It was one of Ludwig’s castles. It was extremely ornate. Inside he had made a pseudo Versailles room
of mirrors by placing mirrors across from each other so it looked like the hall
of mirrors. Very cool! We then went to a
few cities including the Brothers Grimm’s hometown and Oberarnagau which is home
of the Passion play performed every ten years.
Our last stop was the Cinderella Castle.
It is called the Royal Castle Neuschwanstein. See below.
It was great and Ludwig was pretty technologically advanced since he had
a phone- granted he could only call his other castle and the post office but
in his defense there were probably not many people interested in talking trash to Ludwig back then.
Lol He also made a battery that ran his bell system and had a fireplace that
centrally heated his castle. Pretty
progressive for the 1800s.
Loved the Austrian Alps. See picture. It is beautiful here. Sheep and cattle sprinkled the hillside. I will remember the countryside here with it
green pastures forever. With that, I will close. Have a great week.
Hugs from Germany,
Susan
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