Back on line!

Oh, the connectivity! The phone came on Monday night late, and the DSL came on sometime mid-day today. I love being able to get online again, and at a much better speed than the dial-up.

So, in the past couple weeks I have been working to settle in. Going to the local shops, finding groceries, the vegetable market, the drugstore, etc. I have ridden my bike a few times in English Garden, great paths there and I can easily ride for an hour without retracing my steps.

Last Friday we were invited to join a group of people at a local Mexican place for dinner. These are women who I have met through the International Women’s Club. And they all live nearby now. It was great to get together with 4 other couples and meet their husbands. We had a great time sitting outside, eating and chatting.

Saturday Logan put together the last of the bigger stuff we bought from IKEA – Sunday is quiet day, so no pounding! There was a street fair on Leopold Strasse near us all weekend, so that evening we wandered down and had dinner there & took in the sights. It was like the Saratoga Street Festival, but a couple miles long. Lots of bands, several fire dancers, lots of art & food booths. I loved that we just walked to it.

Sunday we did some local touristing, and visited Schloss Linderhof. One of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria’s 3 castles, this one is south of Munich towards Austria. The day started a bit foggy, but had cleared as we got close. We stopped at a restaurant for lunch and sat outside, enjoying the sun and breeze and the Alps playing peek-a-boo in the fog. It was a short trip from there to the castle, through a lovely small Bavarian village and up into the hills a bit.

Linderhof is exquisite. I have not seen Neuschwanstein yet (the “Cinderella Castle”) but I’m sure my heart is given to Linderhof. It is beautiful, small (ish) and in a spectacular setting. The air was clear and verging on crisp, the grounds lush green from all the rain we’ve been having. I took at least 50 pictures. Will sort through & get the best up soon.

Time to go for now. I’ve made my favorite for dinner – reservations – and need to get ready to go!