Hello again Today the rain has let up. We have made a tour to king Ludwid II palace on the island in the lake Chiemsee. It is the third of his castles. Neuschschawnstein, and also Linderhof. I think it is the grandest and fashioned after Versallias near Paris. We have seen both, but this is better. They have said that in today's money it would Take 2-4 billion to build it now. They did not let me take pictures inside but I did buy a DVD that I will share. I wish I could have inside images to send. Thanks for watching Lowell... read more

We have been in the Berlin area now for two nights. Today we toured around Potsdam. Most noted for the meeting between Stalin, Truman and Churchill after WW2 Tomorrow we leave for the south of Germany. Barvaria. The images are from Potsdam.... read more

Hello everyone. We finally are at a place that has WiFi. Lubeck. A beautiful city all brick on the north coast of Germany. The images will be where we were the last few days, Celle. Except for the first.... read more

Hello everyone, Managed to take some pictures with Gloria's iPad. Today we went to two towns that we have visited in 2007. Goslar and Wernigerode Sunny and 72 degrees. One of these was in the west Germany and Weinigerode was in east Germany. They are about 20 miles apart. The images you will see are from those towns. Hope you like them. Wish I could show you the images from my Nikon. Lowell... read more

Hello everyone, Things are not going well on the photo side of the blog. I can get on Gloria's Ipad but not my laptop, and that's Where all my photos are stored. Cheap Apple Ipad has no USB to import images. So today we went to Hamelin made famous by brothers Grim fairy tales. It's all about the rats. {Pied Piper} They did a great presentation. Of course all in German, but we know the story so it all made sense. We have a Peugeot 308 SWA diesel with 6 speed manual. Somewhat disappointed as we are only getting 46 MPG. Most likely because of all the small villages we drive through. To tell you about our experiences with accommodations would take more of this blog then I can afford to use. So till next time. ... read more