New pictures are up on the web. I realized I had missed a lot of October in the last blog. We do something every weekend. Even if it is a museum or a walk along the river, we try to get out and see something new. Salzburg was the very end of September. A week later, we went to Amersee (Sea) for a day trip. There we visited the Andechs Monatery that is on top of the hill and, 
of course, makes thier own beer. The largest brewery, I hear. The church is as completely decked out like all the other churches we have seen with paintings and gold decorations. It also has a gorgeous view of the country and the alps in the distance. It was a very clear day! Of course, we took advantage of the biergarten. Millrose had a blast too!
That Monday, Chris went off for a week, without me, on his MPI retreat at Chiemsee. It was at a convent. The nuns commented on MPI noise at night, but who can blame them when the nuns go to sleep at 9. The pictures are beautiful. On their day off, some friends from his lab and Chris went to the Castle of King Ludwig. Yulia and Lazlo have been good friends. Yulia is from Russia and Lazlo is from Hungry. Lazlo is the lead of the group Chris is working with. It was quiet at home without him.
A week later we went to Disneyland. Does it look like Neuschwanstein? It is similar. We don't have a picture from this same angle unfortunately to compare.
Last weekend we took a day trip to Bad Tolz. Found out we had been there already. We were there last October when we came to Munich for Chris' interview and see if we would
do this trip. We were on that same retreat they had this year but it was held at Tegernsee. On the day off we visited Bad Tolz. Not knowing the town name then, now we know. It is a very nice town. We went for a short hike up the hill there where you can see the alps and a view of the town. It was a nice day to walk around.Sundays, everything is closed so we like to go on long walks or museums. Museums are only 1 euro on Sundays. Today we walked along the Isar River that is not very far from our place. It is getting colder here. I have gone to this part of the river with Melanie and observed the swans then. They are still there. I did not realise that swans are a common sight here. They are beautiful birds.
We have started a German class. It has been good for us and we have been learning a lot. It is two hours Monday thru Thursday evenings. It makes for long days but for 8 weeks I think it will be good. I have picked up a lot of German at the kindergarten but it is nice to study it and be more confident in it.
