Post concert, we and our friends the Foreman's did some sight seeing down near the border of Austria. The town of Berchtesgaden is near Munich and nestled in the mountains. It was here that Hitler had his famous mountain retreat built, the Berghof.
It was another feat of German engineering - first they had to build a road to the top then figure out how to assemble a home there. In the picture on the right, you can barely see it at the top of the mountain.
We also visited the town of Bad Reichanall that we remembered from our first visit here about 30 years ago. The town is known for producing salt for the entire country. Of course you can buy huge chunks of the stuff for decoration.
Closer to Wiesbaden, we took a trip up the Rhine to visit a vineyard in a castle... any excuse for drinking wine in the middle of the day. This area of the Rhine is the most "romantic" with castles and vineyards everywhere.
What you see on the side of the this home is actually all a mural painting. You can even see the actual rose bush in front compared with the painted version.
And, of course, we stumbled on a wine festival going on in another Rhine town. This one had the full German a cappella oompa band... if that's possible. Check out the vineyards on the banks of the Rhine in the distance over the stage.
Now it's time to stumble home, via rail.
Tschus!
Nice little trip to take vicariously with you!
ReplyDeleteIs Mary in US now? And are you doing ok, Pete? All the frozen meals in the fridge with the day on them? Those were the George and Bettie ways!
Love,
sister Kate