ESCAPE FROM DOHA!

Linderhoff Palace


Erin & Spaghetti Ice

Rothenburg

Doha Escape Day finally arrived! We flew from Doha to Frankfurt, Germany on Tuesday. Picked up our rental car early Tuesday morning and drove up to Bad Nauheim and Friedberg - where we used to live all those years ago. With the exception of the closed Army base in Friedberg, the towns look pretty much as I remember them. Loved driving through the green fields outside Frankfurt, and had a real moment of bliss standing in the cool shadow of a tall, green tree at a roadside rest area. Ate a real schnitzel, and drank a real beer. Showed the kids how to use a french fry fork (remember those?), marveled that the Germans still used sandpaper for toilet paper, and got some spaghetti ice (Erin loved it!). After a night in Frankfurt drove south to the walled in city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Kids loved exploring the city - and the Medevial Crime Museum. Are now down south in Garmisch - visited Linderhoff Palace today - built by Mad King Ludwig. Palace is small, but built to copy Versailles and includes a grotto (cave) where private Wagner operas were staged just for the King (remember that Bugs Bunny cartoon - Kill the Rabbit? - heard all that music today). It is cloudy and rainy - can't see the Alps very well - but we don't care. We love the rain and all the green! Not sure yet what we will do tomorrow - depends on the weather. Having a great time!