Hey there everyone! the y and z are reversed on this computer so if I misspell-forgive me k? So yeah, this is dee and reporting for team Kohler the team is doing fine- better than fine, great!
After taking the night train from Simon Pau's to Munich, we met up with Chris who was actually on the same train! That was funny. She told us about her time in Swiss, and we told her about the Pau's. We fell in love with Munich. It's a big city with a great feel about it. The first thinbg we did was go to the city centre, where a large cathedral, and 4 big clocks are around you on different buildings. At 12 we went back to the square and it was loaded with tourists and we watched with them as 1205 came and the cathedral clock chimmed, and all these figurines danced around in a window of the cathedral. I thought it was over and then differnt figurines performed a jousting match on horses and one guy got clobbered by the other guy- it was really cool!
For the morning we went walking thru the cities 2 major parks- the hofgarten and then one of the biggest parks in Europe- the englisher garten- this one has a river running thru it, all green alpine water, freezing cold, great for cooling the feet down! And also, this river has a number of more rapid areas of flow, and at one of these places where very wavey water was churned up, there were surfers surfing on this constant wave, being filmed!! After this, we walked thru and then sat for an hour on our own and read or prayed, etc. It was sooo relaxing and nice!
By the way, the lonely planet told us this but we saw it in the flesh(no pun intended)- there were a ton of people just out sunbathing in the park- NAKED! It was shocking and funny at the same time. Like that would NEVER happen in Canada. But it seems to happen a lot in Europe...one more cultural difference.
In the afternoon we went to see a fairytailish castle, reputedly the one that Disney's castle is modelled after. It was never completely finished so we could only see bits of it as we got a tour through the building. It is so high up and we had to walk 5k just to get to the town before ascending up a winding road to the castle. The walk for me was grueling, but we made it and it really was so beautiful. As soon as we got close to the town (Füssen)we could see the Bavarian Mountain range- snow caps and everything- breathtaking!! From the castle you can see the mountains, the small little towns of germany on green rolling hills and a waterfall coming down from a mountain that the catle is right beside. Scott's dad visted this same castle in '71, so we were thinking of you, Frankie!:)
Vienna!
That night we took the nigttrain to Vienna, Austria. We bunked with 2 other guys and they were from Peru and Columbia! So I was able to practice my Spanish with them! We also met an Asian guy on the train who went to Dal! He grad,.ed the same yr as me, but from his Masters in Math. I only have a bit left on this compu so I'll let scott blog the rest of yesterday and today- thanks for reading this and for all your prayers, we have been healthy anbd safe thus far!
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