Here we are in Munich on a long Segway tour of the main sights. Similar to our Berlin tour on our honeymoon (see: Photos from Berlin, September 2015). Superb summer weather. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, we were so lucky, the only two people on the tour. Tourists have not yet arrived. Click on any photo to see a much larger image.
Bad Godesberg, just south of Bonn, on the Rhine. Cologne restaurants were still closed, so we went to Bonn three times. Bonn was already re-opening. This one had a limited menu, only "Flammkuchen", but at least it was open!
Suddenly, Cologne reopened for outdoor dining only, with certificates. Lorraine's favorite, Cafe Reichard in front of the cathedral.
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The person taking the photo did not want to get on the ground so as to take the whole cathedral behind us. Here it is. Click to see a larger image.
This was our daily job, going with the car fully loaded to the "deponie", the extremely well organized local dump, where you separate different materials into large containers, throwing out old things, over and over.
Still no tourists, but the "4711" shop was open. Here is Lorraine with the tapestry showing the French soldier, on horseback, numbering houses in conquered Cologne. He Labeled this one "4711". And today it is the flagship of the 4711 Cologne water. The fountain usually has Cologne in it, but not this time.
We went for lunch in Monschau, a beautiful old town close to the Belgian border. Click to see a larger image.
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Even in this picturesque town, as in all Germany, there was a Covid-19 test center. Click to see a larger image.
We took a trip south, to Bavaria. But we stopped for lunch in Heidelberg, the home to Germany's oldest university. Click for an even larger image.
Main square of Heidelberg, Guten Appetit!
Heidelberg, the old bridge over the Neckar river.
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From our apartment in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a splendid Bavarian town, we took the cable car to Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain, for me a repeat of a 1967 visit as a Czech teenager. Click for an even larger image.
Top of Zugspitze. They sell drinks for better sightseeing. It seemed like we were the only foreign tourists, everyone else from Bavaria. Click on the photo for an even larger image.
After lunch at Zugspitze in Germany, at 2,962 meters ...
... we crossed to Austria, at 9,718 feet, for an espresso and a cappuccino.
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The next day we stopped at Ettal, a splendid baroque Benedictine monastery, even now with 50 monks. Bavaria is full of baroque gems.
From there we went on to Wies, a beautiful baroque church in the foothills of the Alps, yet another UNESCO World Heritage site, with a good Bavarian restaurant across the street, looking over the splendid church. Click on the photo to see a larger image.
Bavarian farmers demanding better price for milk.
And a beautiful house in Oberammmegau.
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WE also stopped at Neuschwanstein Castle.
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And the nearby Linderhof Castle, yet another that the "Mad" King Ludwig built. He was a genius, laying foundation for a huge tourist industry more that 100 after his death, people visiting all his castles. Click to see a much larger image.
Linderhof Castle gardens. Ludwig preferred here rather than Munich.
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And then we went for a few days to Munich, starting at the colossal Nymphenburg Palace and a rather excellent Italian restaurant nearby for lunch. Click on the photo to see a larger image.
The main Square in Munich, our hotel a couple of blocks away. Click on the photo to see a larger image.
No tourists, so we had a private Segway tour just for us. Click to see a larger image.
We returned for a few more days to work in Cologne. On our way back to Frankfurt (and back home), we had lunch in Linz, an ancient little town on the Rhine river, in one of the restaurants behind us to the right. This time, no more asparagus, but mushrooms. Loraine wanted "small German towns" and she got a lot of them, including this one, Linz.
And then on to Dallas and home. What a trip! In a country quite without tourists.
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