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Final thoughts on 2010 trip
Our last day was spent seeing old Munich one last time. We ate lunch at the biergarten with the chinese style pavillion. Lest you think we were eating Chinese food, we were not. It is Bavaria after all. The Chinese tower is only a decoration. The food was all wurst, sauerkraut, potatoes and beer. The…
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Art, parks, and a trip through the Alps
So no big news from Friday. It was a travel day on the train. Next time, I would like to stop and see Verona and Innsbruck, 2 cities we passed through on the train. Yesterday, Astrid and I went the the Neue Pinakotek, an art museum that includes modern and contemporary art. I’m a fan…
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Last day in Venice
Our last full day in Venice began today with a relaxing morning. I got up earlier than Doug, had breakfast, showered, then left him still sleeping as I wanted to visit one of the other islands in Venice’s lagoon, and he did not. This was fine with both of us. Our bed’n’breakfast (I’m on an…
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Che bello giorno
Yesterday in summary, after showering and napping: — Took train to Padova, making it just in time for our 4 p.m. reservation into the Scrovegni Chapel to see the frescoes by Giotti. — Figured out how to buy soccer tix. Doug used his part spanish part italian with the ticket man. We called it Spanitalian.…
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Didn’t Hitchcock make this movie?
Does anyone recall the suspense film The 39 Steps? Was it a Hitchcock film? In any case, Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria beat that. Try going up and down 133 steps, 66 steps, 34 steps, etc. Yesterday, we saw 2 of his castles: Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein. Afterwards, my legs felt like quivering spaetzle. Obviously, the…
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Sporting news
Today was a day for athletics: soccer, Olympics, the Buckeyes, and a good sport in our midst (me). We attended our first European soccer game. It was with the second-tier team TSV1860 in the large Allianz Arena. The stadium was not very full, but the loud so-called hooligans made up for it. It was a…
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History: beauty and ugliness
Today we saw the extremes of history. First, we visited the concentration camp at Dachau. It was humanity at our worst. The sign on the front gate said in wrought iron, “Arbeit macht frei,” which means “Work makes you free.” Dachau started out primarily as a work camp. But thousands died there from 1933 to…
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Doug’s first beer
Our first day in Munich was beautiful, sunny, and 60 degrees. The perfect day for wurst, sauerkraut, potatoes and beer in a beer garden crowded with locals. Timo (Doug’s friend) and his mother Astrid took us on the Ubahn to downtown Munich for this treat. Douglas preferred the beer that came with lemonade in it…
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