Just trying to catch up here. Today the computer connection in the apartment crumped so I'm now at the library on the Artillery Kaserne in Garmish. After arriving in Garmisch the next day, Thursday, we went to Mittenwald, about 20 klicks east of Garmisch. It is reputedly the most painted village in all of Germany and we won’t disagree. The weather was a bit cloudy and rainy so the brilliance of the buildings is kindof lost here but still spectacular nonetheless. In another bit of computer brilliance, I nuked about 20 pictures of Mittenwald so you'll have to take my word for the beauty of the buildings.

On Friday, we went to one of King Ludwig II castles on Lake Chiemsee. We’ve been to one of his in Neuschwanstein, the one Disney used for his Fantasy Land, and this one is a bit different. It was supposed to be an exact copy of Versailles in Paris, and then made a bit larger and more opulent because ol Ludwig had a pretty big ego. Impressive place in spite of some crappy weather and the fact that I couldn’t take pics inside of the place.

Sunday later we are off to the top of the Zugspitze via cog train and then the very scary cable car (Bruce speaking) ... more to follow