Munich

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Greetings from Munich!

Our weather this whole trip has been absolutely beautiful! The last two days especially. (of course they are predicting snow on Friday!)

Mad Ludwig was “mad”, but he was a genius prankster! The Hellbrun Waterworks in Salzburg were amazing. He thought of everything to sober up his drunken guests with shoots of water coming from everywhere.

We then drove down from Munich to visit the Dachau Concentration Camp and Memorial site. It was a reflective time. Our Munich hotel is ½ block from the Munich October festival grounds. (good thing Oct. fest is over!) We bounced around leisurely through downtown Munich, seeing many of the cathedrals, and climbing up 306 stairs to the top of St. Peter’s bell tower. The view was spectacular….Rich even went out on the outside walkway…very hesitantly! The cathedrals are great architecturally and are museum like with all the artwork and icons.

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The gardens in Munich are so big, especially the English garden . We had quite an afternoon surprise in the English garden as we found surfers in the river (see photo), a bier garden with umpah band, and finally nude sunbathers prancing in the fields. Tomorrow we venture to Neuschwanstein Castle and the small village of Reutte.

You are all in our prayers.