Germany Vacation 5: Deutches Museum

Astounding. Amazing. Awesome.

Well, at least for an ex-engineer. This is the world's largest technology museum: generators, automobiles, ships, bridges, airplanes, clocks, musical instruments, cryptography & computers....just to name a few!

The aerospace section was my favorite:





The time-piece room was spectacular--who would have imagined that clocks could be so colorful!







Only a tech-geek could find 50-year computer technology worthy of a blog notice!





I took a video of my wife using some of the electronic demonstrations...even for a non-techy like her, she thought they were amazing. I had an opportunity to recall all my college training, explaining to her Maxwell's equations and demonstrating the functions of XOR and NOR gates.





The fluid dynamics and construction section included many miniatures, showing how the old bridges were constructed. The detail was incredible.


I thank the Lord of Love for blessing my wife and me with such a vacation!

I hope you enjoyed the pix!

SDG

Germany Vacation 4: Salzburg

The city of salt. Yup, that's what the name means. That is why it was such an important city in the middle ages (1100s) into the early 1800s. The city castle (hohensalzburg) sat upon the hill, a silent sentinel never to be conquered. It finally surrendered, without a fight, to Napoleon.

Here is the castle viewed from the palace grounds in the city.





This is what we had to climb to enter the castle!
The castle was amazing, even more so in some ways than neaushwanstein if only because this was actually used.

Here is the view from the top:




Proof I was truly in Austria!








Pictures from within the amazing castle:

Here are a few gnarly trees:


This is the inside waiting room for the royalty; note the studded ceiling!




It was virtually a small city:

Germany Vacation 3: Augsburg

Luther stayed out at Augsburg. It was a quaint city, even if the paganism makes Luther roll in his grave...





Our friends on the right: Ulrich & Sigrid!



The colorful Germanic domiciles!








Luther was here!!

Germany Vacation 2: Neauschwanstein

That big German word is the name of the famous Cinderella castle, meaning "new-swan-stone"--the primary artistic motif inside the castle.

Now, before you get all excited, I do not have inside pix--they are forbidden.




Here are more awe-inspiring pix!
We walked up the mountain path--about 20 minutes at a good speed. But with such a view who wouldn't want to walk!

It was a beautiful day!!

This is the back end.






The front gate:








It's immensity was staggering! This is on the way up. The right side is what most people see; the left side is the gate.






We also visited the smaller castle down the hill/mountain were prince/king Ludwig grew up, Hohenschwangau.

This castle was beautiful as well, although smaller. As an American, I think any castle is amazing!



It was about a ten minute uphill climb to the top. This is why rich people owned horses...


The view was breath-taking!

Germany Vacation 1

I did not forget!

Here for family and friends are the exciting pictures of Munich, Augsburg & Salzburg.

Enjoy!

You gotta drive in style on the autobahn! (Sorry, it was the company rental...)

It's the Audi TT
She moved so fast in that baby that is was all a blur...






This is where we stayed a few nights.









Here is the famous glockenspeil at Merianplatz, downtown Munchin.

It is a wonderful city to visit, strolling pleasantly around the quaint buildings. We were blessed of God to be able to even afford travel (just myself, Jody's company paid for her part!).

More to come: Augburg (the place of Luther); Salzburg (the place of Mozart); Neauschwanstein!

I'm baaaaack!

That's right. I was on vacation for a week. Got back last....night...and....
uh....

I don't

have jet

lag ......yet

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