Well, our trip was a bit touch and go because of our sick children. Thursday morning Reggie woke up with a stomach ache and wasn’t his usual self. I kept him home, but thought I might be able to take him late. No such luck…he then got a fever and cough. Mom and dad made good time driving from Washington and were at our house by 5:30. The kids were super excited!!! Reggie was doing pretty good at that point, but Friday afternoon, he really took a dive and had a fever over 103. Sat. morning was even worse. He couldn’t even walk to the bathroom and had no energy to even move and his temp. was closer to 104. That was the night we were supposed to leave. We made all kinds of calls to see if we could change our flight around or we considered having me stay back for a couple days, but Ainsley woke up with a fever that morning and if I stayed until she was better, there was no point in going. We decided to take Reggie to the doctor, just to rule out an ear infection, strep or pneumonia and found out that there was a 5 day fever virus going around that seemed to peak on the 3rd day, so Reggie should have been through the worst. This made us feel a little better and we just decided to trust that it would all work out. And thankfully, we did because when we called to check on them, both were doing much better…..God is good!!! Dad got right to work mowing the lawn, cleaning driveway cracks, etc. The yard should be looking great when we get back in 9 days. Mom got right to playing with the kids and they have been having fun since. I wonder when they’ll notice we’re gone????
Everything has gone pretty smooth for us so far. Our flight was long and super hot. At one point I thought I might throw up because it was so warm, but I walked to the back of the plane and enjoyed the cool air. They also had a standing area/bathroom downstairs, but it was packed. We watched a couple movies and enjoyed some teriyaki chicken and rice :o). We slept a good amount and when we arrived in Munich, it was 5 ish, so we walked around the Am Tucherpark and went to a beer garden. It was about 75 degrees and one of the first nice days, so EVERYONE was out and about, like 500 people! They had live music and it was a very nice atmosphere, but we didn’t have EUROS, so we went back to the hotel for dinner. It was late by then and time for bed. We slept pretty well considering the time change and were up bright and early to head toward the 2 castles. Our GPS was trying to take us on a bike trail, so we decided change the address to the 2nd castle and see where it took us. I’m glad we did because we were not going in the right direction. We finally arrived to a very rainy and cold (41 degrees) Linderhof Castle. This was King Ludwig’s castle and it was quite decorative (unfortunately, they don’t let you take pictures), massive wall paintings on silk, real gold accents and a table that went from the bottom floor up to his eating area (apparently, when he got older, he got a little fat and only had 4 teeth, so he didn’t want anyone watching him eat and didn’t really even want anyone seeing him. He slept during the day and was awake at night to avoid contact with people). He sounded a bit crazy and was taken out of office for mental reasons and was found dead the next day. He even made a manmade cave with a lake and boat in the cave. It was pretty amazing to see the structures they build in the 1870’s! From there we headed to the Neuschwanstein Caslte that the Disneyland castle was molded after. These castles are out in the mountains and the roads were windy with no sign of anything….not the best feeling, but we finally made it. Neuschwanstein was huge in comparison, but not nearly as detailed. The view was amazing, along with its location on a steep hillside! Not sure how it was constructed, but it was impressive.
The drive back to Munich was about 2 hours and we were sooo tired and a little goofy. We’ve been laughing a lot and it feels good :o). I had forgotten how funny we are! One of the funnier things is the word “exit”. It is all over the freeways, Ausfarht! Maybe this is where the American term “fart” comes from :o). We also were a bit surprised by the stick shift in the rental car. That has given us a few laughs when Ryan has forgotten to put the clutch in!
This is not our rental car :o(. Ryan is trying to figure out a way to work in Europe so he can drive a BMW, Mercedes or Audi....he is drooling:
We are going to the concentration camp, Dachau, today and then heading to Norway this afternoon.
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