I have a bazillion photos waiting to be uploaded, and I'm over a month behind with blogging. So here's a place-holder to remind me of what I need to fill in...
On June 23, S and I took a train to Immenstadt, hiked to Oberstaufen, and took a train home. On July 8, we took a train to Oberstaufen, spent two days hiking to Lindau via Scheidegg, and took a train home. The sectional Steinebach-to-Lindau hike is now complete, yay.
On July 10, friend LF arrived from Durham, and three days later, we took a train to Brannenburg and spent seven days hiking to Berchtesgaden. We have doubts that the Maximiliansweg actually retraces Maximilian II's 1858 route, but more on that later.
Other friends from Durham visited us at the end of June. They arrived almost over jetlag, having already spent a week in London, so they were able to jump right into our guided nine-day intro to Bayern. This included...
Hanging out at the lake in Steinebach...
Taking a ferry to Diessen...
Visiting Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne, admiring the ceramic exterior of the Museum Brandhorst, eating lunch at the Viktualienmarkt, climbing the church tower of Alter Peter, eating Kaiserschmarrn at the Rischart coffee house, and enjoying the Blauer Reiter artwork at the Lenbachhaus museum...
Remembering the horrific stain of Germany's not-so-distant past by visiting KZ Dachau...
Hiking from Garmisch-Partenkirchen through the Partnachklamm up to crazy King Ludwig II's hunting castle, Schachenhaus, and back down again...
Following up on the Lenbachhaus museum by visiting Murnau to see the Gabriele Muenter Haus...
...And touring the gardens and Neue Schloss at Schloss Schleissheim in Unterschleissheim.
And with that summary complete, now I'm off to bake a Shaker Lemon Pie on a ridiculously hot day, to introduce neighbors to the concept of Pie.
