Cruise on the Chiemsee

Luckily it turned sunny after three days of clouds and rain and we thought that this would be a good day to explore the two main islands on the Chiemsee.
We took the boat from Prien and first stopped at Herrenchiemsee

There King Ludwig II had built a castle as a copy of the one built by the French King Louis XIV in Versailles

There was an interesting exhibit about the colorful Bavarian king and a tour of the palace - with no photos allowed.
At the end Mia could try to roar like a lion - the symbol of Bavaria

Then she wanted to take a horse drawn wagon back to the boat pier - and sit in the front. The whole way back she was chatting with the girl next to her and the lady steering the wagon

The next boat ride was to Frauenchiemsee a smaller island with a more than 1000 year old monestary

Mia was more interested in a small cafe by the beach

She and some other kids checked the water which was still pretty cold

Then it was time to catch the last boar back to the main land

It was the oldest in the fleet

On the way back to the farm we stopped at a nice inn with traditional food.

On the way back we had to stop for a concert in the middle of the road. On the farm next door a lady had turned 80 and received it a special surprise

First Day at Lake Chiemsee

From Munich it was only a one hour drive to the Chiemsee a big lake at the foot of the Alps. For a place to stay we had picked a farm in Bernau that rents rooms and holiday apartments.

The farm was a 10 minute drive from the lake a in the foot hills and one could see the lake om one side and the snow covered mountains in a different direction

There was a little play area for kids and Mia also loved the cats and rabbits there as well

The first afternoon we dove Prien a city by the lake were all the boats to the islands leave from

An old steam train connects the train station and the piers

The weather was not perfect but we really liked the scenery

Weekend in Munich

After the party on Saturday we all met for a late breakfast at the same restaurant where the party had ended just a few hours earlier.

After that we all did a little walk in Christian's neighborhood and ended with Dagmar and Klara at and restaurant where Mia learned a pretty nice magic trick she could use 20 minutes later very sucessfully with Antje and Claudia

Then we all went to a nice Asian resturant

The next morning we met one last time for breakfast and said "Good bye" before checking out the "Deutsche Museum" a museum on science and technology since it was raining and pretty cold

Mia checked out some pulleys

 ..a steering wheel..

 ...and an airport control

Christian's Birthday Party

For Christian's 50'th birthday he had organized a big party in Munich. For us it was a great opportunity to meet all our friends from the "LSU gang" again - the last get together has been already a few years back.
We drove in in the morning and just made it in time for a lunch with Weiswurst and beer at the Bratwurstherzel close to the Viktualienmarkt.

 Since it was Mia's first time in Munich we then took her Marienplatz and other sight seeing spots

At 8 pm the official party started at he Turkish restaurant next two doors from Christian apartment.  Mia had a seat at the kids table with Klara

She also had a quick talk with the DJ

Then we practiced or birthday song that Uli had written to the tune of "The night old Dixie died"

We also had a special present from the "Ganf"

Then it was time for our song

After that the dancing started

Mia had to be carried to the hotel at 11 pm