The Aerie
Posring a brief update via cell from the town of Garmisch. Or from Partenkirchen, I'm not sure. What I am sure of is that this has been a fantastic day. We visited Mad King Ludwig's castle and had a fabulous time. Then since the tour took much longer than expected, I phoned a hotel out of my wife's 'Lonely Planet' guide and reserved a room blind.
When we got here, it turned out to be a terrific little 4th-floor suite with fanciful rooms for the kids and a kitchenette. We walked around town and found a fancy pizza place for dinner. In the park across the street a Bavarian orchestra in lederhosen performed.
And everywhere the MOUNTAINS, staggering and overwhelming, wreathed in mist or glowing in the sunset or silhouetted against purple gloaming. I don't know how anyone gets anything done with mountains like these all around. I strolled around a corner and stopped dead, staring at a mountain in the sunset.
Tomorrow we ride the zugspritz!
Posted by Albatross at August 9, 2006 3:17 PM | TrackBackI'm having a wonderful time following your adventures and can almost picture the accommodations, the mountain bathed in the beginning of sunset as you rounded that corner. Words, properly written, are powerful invokers of visuals.
The pictures are spectacular.
Your words and pictures have taken me on a mental journey of my own, sort of "tagging along" with you and the family.
Thanks for the trip.
Posted by: Patricia Dean at August 11, 2006 8:54 PM