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Kirsten & Steve Vaughan Joined: May 13th 2009
Logged in: December 27th 2011
Logged in: December 27th 2011
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I wake up and look out the window, it’s not raining. Can you believe it, it’s not raining. The sun is coming up and it looks to be a clear day. About that time Kirsten come out of the bathroom and says; Where we going today? Well last night while someone was passed out I sat there reading my Famous German Tours and found that in Lichtenstein. Wait a minute are you telling me we’re going to Lichtenstein? Yep, the town; not the country. We have to back track but if we take the route I’ve outlined we’ll be there in about 45 minutes. It should be a pretty easy ride now that it’s not raining. We pack up and headed down stairs, our inn keeper was waiting and points us to our table. He starts ... read more
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We get up and have breakfast at the Zimmer where we stayed. Oma and Opa are ready and the flight looks great. We took them to the airport and dropped them off at Delta’s terminal. We told them that we’re going to Tubingen. This is a village southeast of Stuttgart about 30 Km away. It has a great historical Zentrum ‘Center of Town’. It has lots of half-timber houses, the Rat House ‘Town Hall’ and a great Cathedral. Inside the cathedral are beautifully decorated tombs. We told Oma that in about an hour we’d check the flight and if they didn’t get on we’d be back to pick them up. Everyone agreed and we were off. When we arrived in Tubingen Kirsten parked and we began walking toward the center. We came around the corner of ... read more
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It’s Tuesday morning, Kirsten has already gone down for breakfast. I’m behind her in the next few minutes. I have my suitcase and leave it by the front door. I’m looking around to see where Kirsten, Oma and Opa are, I can’t find them. I’m opening each door and theirs no one there. Finally I open this door and there they are, everyone’s looking at me as where you been. Are you hiding or what? Kirsten laughs; they closed the door Es Zieht ‘a draft’. One thing Germans can’t handle is a draft, any draft. We finish breakfast load up the car and we’re on our way heading west nowhere in particular just meandering. After a while we come into this small village and there is a McDonalds. McDonalds are good in Germany and Austria they ... read more
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What! Its 7 AM, I know we need to get on the road. What! As I turn over I feel this foot up against my back. Get Up! Ok are we on vacation or not? We need to get up and load the car and get on the road. You want to see the Ice cave and ride on the Alpine Stratsse RIGHT? Ya Ya Ya. Kirsten and I walk to the bakery and she’s talking and talking, I’m just missing my nice bed. We get there and the lady is smiling and Kirsten is just as happy as can be. I’m looking at both of them thinking WHAT THE &#*@! We order our rolls and we‘re on our way back and Kirsten says you don’t have to be so grumpy. WHAT! I’ve been kicked out ... read more
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Yea you read it correctly our last day. Everyone wants to stay, Kirsten is saying sell the houses’ let’s buy a Zimmer. I’ll run it over here. You remember we had this issue when we were in Northern Italy a while back. Did you forget Will, Mark and Caroline still live in Winter Haven; Oh yea, I guess it would be hard to commute back and forth. YEA! HELLO! Gee’s why do I have to be the bad guy. Now that everyone is back down to reality Oma says today is Fest day at Berchtesgaden. Kirsten is out the door and halfway down the stairs. A few hundred years earlier the people of Berchtesgaden had this club or organization that shot guns. Ok, I don’t understand but basically it a Fest ’Festival' to celebrate these folks ... read more
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We get up just like all the other morning and have a great breakfast. It’s Saturday and we are staying until Monday at the house. We decided to go to Passau this is where the Danube and the Inn rivers comes together. You might know of this because each river has a different color. We loaded up and we’re on our way. Well we were on our way until Kirsten spotted a Flou Market (Flea Market) 25 Km up the road. She spins the car into a break neck 45 degree turn and has the car parked. I’m sitting there all by myself while Kirsten, Opa and Oma are specking the Duetsche. I’ve never seen Opa and Oma move so fast. I would like to stop now and comment on one aspect of this vacation. Whenever ... read more
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It’s Friday and it’s Market Day in Berchtesgaden. Wooo Hooo, Kirsten loves market days. Ok in addition Brain, mandy and the kids are leaving to go to Lego Land in Augsburg and from there they will meander back to Frankfurt by Thursday morning for their flight home. So Kirsten and I along with Oma and OPa will be staying in Berchtesgaden till Monday morning. But today is Market day and Kirsten is in the car beeping the horn wanting to go. Oma is still upstairs and rushing so she doesn’t get left behind. We all made it into the car as Kirsten was revving the engine. As were pulling into the market area Kirsten is already talking about what she wants to buy. The car is parked and she and Oma are half way across the ... read more
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It’s Thursday morning and we all decide to go to a different Klamm “gorge”. This one is located on the way to Salzburg. We all pile into the cars and take off. Oh yea we had a great breakfast. We get to the Klamm and everyone piles out and heads up to the Kasse that is where you pay to get in. Today Mandy gets all the tickets and were off up the tail. Will and Mark are leading the way running, I’m bring up the rear, knowing that they will soon be slowing down. I was right the first 30 minutes is up up up and up. We hiked for an hour to where the water fall starts. Will, Mark and Caroline played in the frigid water while the rest of us just relaxed and ... read more
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Just like the previous mornings Kirsten is up and on her way to the bakery. I think she’s leaving me behind on purpose. So at breakfast I ask, oh no I just didn’t want to wake you up, Yea. Today Brain, Mandy and the kids are going to the Eagles Nest. This is the cool house that was built for Hilter’s 50th B-day. Turns out he’s scared of heights so he didn’t go up there often. Since Kirsten and I have already seen the place we opted to do our own thing. Oma and Opa decided to stay at the house and relax, so we all went in different directions and promised to meet up after lunch. So Kirsten and I decided to go to Ramsau where we saw there is a walk Wimbach Klamm. This ... read more
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The hills are alive with the sound of music…., Ok, I’ll quit singing. Everyone is up Mandy, Brian and the Kids have reservations to take the Sound of Music tour. Been there, done that. So Kirsten and I along with Oma and Opa are off to see a castle that was built by King Ludwig II. This is the guy that built Neuschwanstein, the Cinderella castle you see at Disney. I know you that Mickey Mouse created that. Sorry the Germanys did it first. Ok, back to our travels. King Ludwig II also known as Crazy King Ludwig built another castle on the island of Hereninsel located in the Chiemsee. Remember yesterday’s discussion on lakes, they call them “Seas” over here. So there is this lake that has two islands one is called Herreninsel (Boy Island) ... read more
