We had a very early day leaving Austria with a 6 am wake up call. The trip through the Alps was very windy, but beautiful. Allen and I both commented on how there were so many familiar things in the Austria-Germany that reminded us of both our grandmothers, like the abundance of pansies growing around the homes.  Once we reached the Neuschwanstein (sp?) Castle parking lot, we realized we had a mile walk up hill to the actual castle. We all now have “buns of steel”!  Check them out when you see us on Sunday😊. The castle itself was beautiful from the outside as it is the inspiration for Disney’s Sleeping Beauty’s castle. Dean and Allen took all the kids to a very high bridge for a fantastic view of the castle. All the kids went on it, even those not so wild about heights! Way to go Kane!  Leah, Janet and myself thought our butts had had enough and we walked down instead to do a touch of shopping. We found some fine Swavorski crystals. I even located one that quacks to add to my collection! Noah also had eagle eyes and spotted some regular ducks wearing German lederhosen(sp?) that I had to snap up. Thanks Noah! 

After a lunch of weinerschnitzel, frankfurters, brats, or pretzels, we loaded the bus again for our final city of Munich. It is hard to believe that tomorrow will be our last day of touring before beginning the trek home. 

We are very lucky that the jet lag didn’t seem to bother many of us dramatically.  Most of the group is 8 hours ahead of YG time. Leah seems to have put me on Watson time as we seem to be a few minutes behind the group sometimes. 

Munich or moonchen spelled Munchen. 

Home of the BMW. Driving in traffic, we saw a Jaguar, Mercedes, Volkswagon, multiple BMW and one Ford. No Chevy’s. 

After a day on the road and seeing a castle, we are enjoying a quiet evening in the hotel. Tomorrow will be our last day of touring. Good night.