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Road Trip - Romantic Road
... day Michael Jackson's Neverland but with Lady Gaga as the interior designer. It was quite sad that Ludwig never finished it (there are only about 7 rooms able to view) and never spent more than a year living at the castle before being 'diagnosed' as one sandwich short of a picnic and was carted away before dying in mysterious circumstances in the middle of a lake (now there's a Hollywood film waiting to happen!) You couldn't help but warm to this eccentric nut and his grand ...
Germany's Dark History
Saturday 8 September 2012 – Munich
We had a lovely breakfast then headed into the city for our guided walking tour of Munich. We first did a bus tour with our local guide Michael – he was absolutely fantastic and played music to go with his spiel. He gave us a very honest account of Germany's history and part of its darkest days. When he was talking about the Nazi’s marching to invade a country, he did all the sound ...
Church Concerts
... of the Catholic dueling societies and the concert during the service. The Frauenkirche in German Dom zu Unserer Lieben Frau or "Cathedral of Our Dear Lady” is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Bavariavand Friesing. It is considered a symbol of Munich and its towers can be seen widely within the city. In fact the there is a building height restriction in Munich that prevents any buildings being built taller ...
Guten tag, Germany!
... bachelor parties have NOTHING on German ones. First, matching t-shirts appear to be mandatory. As does starting well before noon. And having something to sell. One guy was selling tiny bottles of liquor to girls at about 10:55 am. Another guy was dressed in a giant frog suit and was giving piggyback rides. It's a strange crowd, folks. Deb and I were thankful that we were not approached....until a couple of guys headed right for us, then went around us and targeted the girls ...
Topographically Challenged
I got a late start to the day today. I had a long night hanging out in the hostel bar with a bunch of people. On the agenda today was renting a bike and riding along the river. I had a hard time finding the place based on the map given (this was the trend for the day) but eventually figured out it was in a back alley.
The woman was very helpful and in no time I was off. It took about 5 minutes for me to get lost. I thought I was heading North, I'm still not sure how ...