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Klimpt
We pretty much went to see The Kiss, but there were many other great works at the Belvedere. I was sad to see that Judith was on loan to a museum in Berlin. That’s a very good piece.
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Vienna is lovely
We got in to Vienna in the afternoon, but we were still able to enjoy an entire day of siteseeing after we got here.
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English Gardens – Munich
In the center of Munich is the largest city park in Europe called the English Garden. It was a warm day, so we each got a refreshing cocktail to go and strolled around the park sipping out of our open container. Europe doesn’t have the same rules regarding alcohol in public that we do. A…
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Travel to Vienna
Today we are saying goodbye to Germany and headed by train to Vienna, Austria. When traveling this way, by train, subway, bus, and walking we do our best to keep it light. We each have a carry on sized suitcase with good rolling wheels. We prefer luggage that can be pushed fully upright as well…
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Cinderella’s Castle
King Ludwig the second of Bavaria was kind of an odd character. He was absolutely obsessed with the Arthurian tales of knights and castles. Had a bit of a crush on the French kings, and may possibly have been a vampire? So in 1869 he began building his very own fairytale castle. Neuschwanstein (New Swan…
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Hinterhornalm
We found this mountaintop restaurant as a small entry in the guidebook and thought it sounded fun. I took a screen shot of the map, you can see the switch back road we took to get up there. But this is not the way Google told us to go. Google very confidently sent us this…
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Linderhof and Oberammergau
Today we booked an all-day tour. The morning was Linderhof Castle. I was not allowed to take photos inside, which is a bit of a shame because it was so over the top. Gold covered carvings, porcelain vases, paintings, tapestries, ivory, and glass. Dude needed to learn to edit! It’s a tiny castle, like Mc…
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Salzburg Gardens
We found a dwarf garden! This was a big beautiful garden. Several Sound of Music scenes were filmed here. Including the do re mi song.
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The Sound of Music
In Salzburg we embarked on a 10 mile bike ride to all the sound of music sites. Let’s start at the very beginning. Photos from the abbey where Maria grew up. I went inside to snap a photo and captured a brief video. This is the original version of How do you solve a problem…
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