Blogs from Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Another day, another drive and another campsite. Bob had planned a cross-country route today and to me it was a bit of a magical mystery tour as he hadn’t marked it on my map and the map is very small scale with few road numbers shown. So pretty difficult to work out exactly where we are on the map anyway. Occasionally I managed to identify the name of a village as we drove through and I did keep the general idea of the direction we were heading which was mainly East and then a little bit South East. We bypassed a couple of quite big towns, Tubingen and Augsberg and successfully stayed mainly on the smaller, countryside roads. Drove through some delightful country. Lots of crops, all very green, sometimes flat and at other times rolling ... read more

Heute am Ostermontag bin ich nach Starnberg gefahren und habe dort eine Große Schlösserrundfahrt auf dem Starnberger See gemacht. Das war sehr sehenswert. Ich bin an Schloß Berg und Schloß Seeburg vorbeigekommen, wo ich schon 2012 übernachtet habe. Außerdem am Fundort der Leiche von König Ludwig II., der Roseninsel und ein paar weitere Schlössern. Zu guter Letzt hatte ich auch eine sehr schöne Aussicht auf die Bayerischen Alpen.... read more

One of the advantages of a non-simultaneous home exchange is the fact that your place needn't be cleaned to perfection before leaving. Of course this also has a draw-back. Think of the day of your return. We are all packed up, ready to hit the road. Do you have any idea which direction we are headed? During our trip, we will try to answer your inquiries at the accustomed speed; however, depending on the Internet connections while traveling, our reply might be a bit slower than usual. We apologize for any inconvenience. ... read more

OK, I admit it. I was getting a little nervous. After I hadn't heard from our home exchange partner in over a month, a short note arrived last Saturday with the question what day we would arrive. Relief! That was the kind of news I had been waiting for. Our email correspondence had been sporadic since we had both agreed to a non-simultaneous home exchange a few months ago; however, a few important details of our swap puzzle were still missing. Like exchanging addresses and keys! I mailed back right away, asking for these details. No answer. I knew our partner was very heavily engaged at work and he was about to head out on an overseas business trip. Also, he had never done a home exchange before. In all of my correspondence with him, I ... read more

I’ve just returned from 10 days of a wonderful seminar course. Where better to study about Organic Design and Architecture than up the hill from url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&zoom=7&mapdata=GL7GBbQZ5kxr%2b6R6G83g6ZGrkw7KrpTTyXDgBG1XYVhEPfLcQFRmKic3Qw%2bDsW5Y5eLyFoe6JRGcT%2bBKB0sLY%2fdr9gzU6Rw31wpaVhARQzDoCYUcrED6ANv7kQijG%2f4ROGI3bB2M6mpAk1zdh32RAH0yhIeQGjKbhUCsa%2b7m4w6Ahwf785ljZo6coBSaEWDE6dINKmcNjvO1D%2bnPqNOU%2buydO9JUPBxeG65eizr7KfT4OfHEJqTnwhl7oizPT6VqLZjXPDGZI728WCGMr35ArP1zPVR4mgqNA00EBj2ZA6rIsZ12S5vccbbz9uLcqx49if%2bVIpaHNq%2bFDCs6r3JKQD3wWcUYAC4Xt9vgQaetvF7kLRcMnd1%2fxMS%2fl8jT2%2f%2fSrbBGIb5iGBhmx%2f4wzV61KRU7KHpkD%2buTaYMeYkQdATkH%2bBGLbNHYqXQSZkd8Dhst5De7g6%2bn9G3JexTd0mXYBX6%2flmGy9JAM960HicEEAX5dyAgDe9feCs%2bkl4D6IO8ErKDmWzzp%2f0s7xz3bUtzMYuQ3F%2fdeV56dStarnbergsee in a seminar center s... read more