Hi Everyone!
We returned home from Germany Saturday night at 11:00 p.m. after 24 hrs.+ of traveling and 12 + hours of flying.
Yesterday Ike spent the entire day outside mowing the lawn etc. and enjoying a gorgeous day on Gull Lake. I spent the day washing clothes and unpacking!
The trip was absolutely wonderful and exceeded our expectations. We explored Munich on several occasions especially the Marianplatz and historic areas. On our second day we took the train south to Bad Endorf to meet my German sister Brigitte and my "real" sister Gloria. Brigitte booked a hotel room for us in the village of Obing, and we awoke the next morning to the ringing of church bells. The highlight of our visit with Brigitte was a trip to the Bavarian Alps where we took a cable car up the mountain. Ike and Brigitte then hiked to the highest peak in Bavaria while Gloria and I relaxed enjoying the breathtaking view of the mountains.
After visiting Brigitte we returned to Munich and joined our tour group with whom we journeyed to Murneau and Oberammergau to see the Passion Play. There are no words to describe this event. The German critics praised the production and the director who is from Munich. We sat for three hours in the afternoon and after a dinner break for another three hours in the evening. We followed along in our programs reading the English version while the play was performed in German. This was actually fairly easy to do. Again this event totally exceeded our expectations, and we could not have imagined how exceptional this would be.
Following our tour Ike and I took off once again by train to Stuttgart. We stayed at a lovely German apartment hotel in Stammen which is very close to Zuffenhausen where the Porsche factory and museum are. Believe it or not, I found the tour of the factory fascinating. Our tour guide at the factory spoke English very well, and he was also very knowledgeable. Of course Ike was thrilled. I think most of you know he has a Porsche, Ike has always been interested in the manufacturing process, and he was very impressed with the logistics of the assembly lines at the factory..
We had also heard that the Mercedes Benz museum was worth seeing, and since we were in the automobile mode, we decided to go there as well. Indeed, this was a good decision.Once more we had a unique experience. The Germans really know how to construct a museum.
The last day of our trip was my birthday, and we spent it in Munich. This certainly had to be one of my best birthdays even though I'm not fond of getting older.
This is probably more than you wanted to know, but I just had to share our excitement about the trip.
Now back to reality!!!
