Our first tourist trip

May 28 – 29, The weekend. The universal power supply didn’t fit my laptop, so we took it back & got our money back, which Logan's coworker Bruce made much of – he says you don’t get your money back very often!

Saturday the 28th, we touristed, drove down to the Chiemsee which is a large beautiful lake dotted with large islands about 90 minutes southwest.

Took the autobahn. Our direction was pretty clear, there were some real slow areas on the other side heading in towards Munich.

The countryside is beautiful. Very green, lots of trees, rolling hills, and Alps in the background.

We got close to the area to catch the ferries to the islands, and the town was having a Jazz festival so we got to experience some more 'Umleitung'; which means detour. But all was well and we got to the coast and found parking.

Wandered down to the dock area and went to a restaurant for lunch first. Had local fish, which was excellent. Then we bought tickets to take the ferry over to Herrinschloss, the island with the castle on it.

Ludwig II built one of his castles there; a slavish imitation of Versailles, until he ran out of money. He had portraits of Louis XIV throughout, copied Louis’ bedroom, etc. We think he had a crush on Louis! (Coincidently, Ludwig II died in a mysterious boating accident shortly after running out of money.) We took a ferry over to the island and toured the castle. It is a beautiful area and the grounds are fabulous, but it was a hot day (around 90) and we were wiped.

Drove home and did McDonalds take-out for dinner, and even then it wasn’t easy. We don’t know how to say ‘to go’, but between 'aus gehts' and the clerk understanding our sign language we got pretty much what we wanted.

Sunday the 29th dawned hot again. 25 C by 9 a.m., on its way to a bit over 30. Logan had some work to do and he spent the morning working on his laptop.

That afternoon, we went to go see a movie. Logan reserved 2 seats on-line. There are at least 2 places in Munich that show first-run movies in their original language, and they mostly show American/English movies. We took the S-Bahn to the Hauptbanhof (main train station), and connected to a U-bahn and got off at Stiglmaier Platz, and walked up the block to the Cinema to see Star Wars Episode III.

When we got there, we bought the tickets and picked the seats. It’s reserved seating, you pick the row & seat you want. No mob scene when the doors to the theater open. It was nice to be out of the heat! And seeing a movie in English. Thought that the effects were great but the dialog and the characters were lousy. I mean, how can someone be a Jedi and still be so susceptible to manipulation by a Sith? I did love the line when Obi Wan & Aniken were fighting, and Aniken said “You’re either with us or against us”, Obi Wan replied “Only a Sith thinks in absolutes.” Must remember that one!