Chiemsee

This Sunday (20. Sept.), the Sprachschul went to Chiemsee and saw King Ludwig II's castle on Herreninsel (Lord's/Man's Island). This was the same king of Bavaria who started Neuschwantstein. . . and like Neuschwanstein, it remains unfinished.

All 5 of us (which included the teacher) took the 2hr train ride (2 stops included) to Prien am Chiemsee and walked about 10-15 minutes to the port. There, we road in a boat to Herreninsel. There are about 3 or 4 islands in this lake, but Herrenisel is the most popular and impressive. We had a great time taking pictures outside the castle, but couldn't take any inside 'cause we were forbidden to do so. The castle has to rip tourists off some way. . . as though they didn't have enough methods.

Anywho, that was only Sunday, there are 2 other trips we took during the week and 1 more coming up this weekend. Let me show you my pictures from Chiemsee.

Raymond (left) and Clay. Ray was given the task to update Bogi's English webpage. The 1st job is to introduce the current language students to anyone who visits the English website. Looks like the interview is getting very exciting.

The youngest of the language students: Brent. He didn't want his picture taken at the moment. Tough. :-P

Our ride is in the left. The boat in the middle is bringing tourists back to land. These boats can get quite full!

Behold, the castle King Ludwig II built as a memorial to the King Louis XIV of France, (aka. the Sun King). For those of you who have been to Versaille, this is a copy, only slightly bigger. This was done on purpose.

Latona Fountain.

Yours truly in front of Latona Fountain.

Fiammetta, posing in front of the fountain (the umbrella really did get wet!).

Ray posing as part of the fountain.

We're coming up to the castle!

Another fountain. I believe this is "Fame" and the other one across from it is "Fortune".

We're at the door. The wonders that await us inside. . .

I like playing with edit settings everyonce in a while.

Here's another wonder.

Ah, outside, on the other side of the bush wall, we see another king and his domain.

As we leave, let's take one last look at the castle.

Well, sorry to say that I need to go right now. Don't know when I'll be able to post my pictures from the 2 other trips, but I know it won't be Sunday, 'cause we're all going on another trip! Anywho, please be patient. I will get all this info to you in a timely manner. :-)