The Meunchen Dispatch

Vol. II

Tag! I´m sick, which made for some mediocre sleeping last night. That, plus the bed´s a little on the soft side and my room is on the street side. But i´m not complaining. I´m blessed to be here.
Had some butter and toast for breakfast before bolting for todaz´s adventures.

The entire day was overcast. That´s important later. I met the folks from AutobusBayern who were running todays tour. We went to a couple of King Ludwig#s castles. The first castle was LINDERHOF. It´s verz small as castles go, but that doesn´t mean its not ornate. Oh, its ornate alright. Lots of paintings and carvings and gold and such.

Intermission I´m still reading Love Beyond REason, by John Ortberg. He was talking in the most recent chapter about envy, and specifically Paul´s situation when Jesus arrived on the scene. Once Jesus arrived, the majority of Paul´s ministy was done. His job was preparing the way and he did that. Ortberg compared John to a jewish "shoshbin" or best man. The shoshbin is responsible for making sure the wedding goes well and he makes necessary arrangements to make sure that it does. But he doesnt get the bride. So he´s done all this work, and now he has to set it all aside. He could have easilz been envious.....but he wasnt. Intermission over.

Next stop was going to be castle Neucshwenstein. But first, we stopped for a rather short shopping trip in Oberammagau. This town is known for the passion play it puts on every ten years as well as it´s talented woodcarvers who carve all sorts of fun stuff out of wood. We were only there for forty minutes, but it was a quaint little town to check out.

Next stop was the Neucshwenstein castle. Remember the bad weather, well, here´s when it comes into play. This is a beautiful castle that has been photographed often. I was hoping to shoot almost a roll at this stop. However, the weather prevented any view of the castle exterior unless you were actually at the base of the castle. However, the inside of the castle was very nice, even though it wasn´t overly decorated. Onlz 16 rooms in the castle were furbished. I forget why.

Let me know talk about cows. In PA, are most of the cows that you see out graying cattle cows or dairy cows? Cuz I saw some dairy cows todaz and they didnt look familiar at all. They looked like the cow on the "Baby Bell" cheese labels.

Did some window shopping tonight around the Marienplatz. That was fun. All sorts of neat stores and lots of cool fashion to look at.

Well, thats all for now. Auf Wiederseein!