We arrived in Munich about 5 pm local time on Weds, Sept. 3 and spent 2 hours getting to our hotel, where we eventually connected with friends, Anne, Roberta and Tim. On Thursday morning (today), Tim and Roberta took their small rental car back to the airport to exchange it for a VW vanagon to transport the 5 of us to Salzburg. Meanwhile, Anne, Hal and I roamed a bit in Munich and went to the Apple store to replace the laptop charger I forgot to pack. :-<
As remembered, Munich is full of amazing old buildings like the Rathaus (city hall)
and all these gorgeous old churches (this is St. Michael's)
The man on the rafter is actually a sculpture
This is Anne and Hal posing with a large bronze statue of a wild boar.
And I couldn't resist taking a picture of this very elaborate wind vane on top of one of the old tile roofs.
Then we loaded all our bags in the very nice van and headed to Salzburg about 11:30. When we got near the Chiemsee (a large inland lake), Roberta and Tim deftly took us off the autobahn and found a place to have lunch overlooking the water--the Chiemsee Yacht Club, no less.
We arrived in Salzburg about 4 pm and quickly headed into town on foot along the Salzach River. They have adopted the custom of putting padlocks, bearing the names of couples, on one of the bridges over the river.
We wandered through old town and saw a shop that sold nothing but decorated eggs!
We had a a beer and then checked out more wonderful architecture in the old part of the city
before heading back to the hotel for dinner about 8 pm. As you can see, I now have photographic proof that I went on this vacation since Hal took a picture of me on one of the bridges over the river at twilight.
Hal is already sound asleep and I need to get there soon as we have a big schedule for tomorrow!
As remembered, Munich is full of amazing old buildings like the Rathaus (city hall)
Then we loaded all our bags in the very nice van and headed to Salzburg about 11:30. When we got near the Chiemsee (a large inland lake), Roberta and Tim deftly took us off the autobahn and found a place to have lunch overlooking the water--the Chiemsee Yacht Club, no less.
We arrived in Salzburg about 4 pm and quickly headed into town on foot along the Salzach River. They have adopted the custom of putting padlocks, bearing the names of couples, on one of the bridges over the river.
