12. SCHLOSS LINDERHOF - EUROPE TRIP APRIL 2015

APRIL 18th

SCHLOSS LINDERHOF

Ludwig's favorite residence

THE PALACE IN THE SUMMER
 This is Johns photo it is identical to the top picture except the tree's
and flowers were just budding

THIS IS ALL IN THE FRONT OF THE PALACE

11. SCHLOSS SCHWANSTEIN - EUROPE TRIP APRIL 2015

 SATURDAY, APRIL 18th

SCHLOSS SCHWANSTEIN CASTLE

King Ludwig II  -Boyhood Castle

 

 

 Neuschwanstein Castle in the distance

10. SCHLOSS NEUSCHWANSTEIN - EUROPE TRIP APRIL 2015

SATURDAY, APRIL 18th

 KING LUDWIG II * HIS FANTASY CASTLE
SCHLOSS NEUSCHWANSTEIN

His Boyhood Dream 

Walt Disney patterned his Sleeping Beauty Castle after this castle

John walking up the hill to the castle.  The day started out cold and cloudy

 but as the day went on the sun broke through

 

 

 

9. COLMAR, FRANCE - EUROPE TRIP APRIL 2015

FRIDAY, APRIL 17th

WE DROVE TO COLMAR, FRANCE.  IT WAS THE RAINIEST

DAY OF OUR TRIP.

THIS IS WHERE WE BOUGHT THE GIRLS SCARFS AND

SYDNEY AND LOGAN'S T-SHIRTS

 

We drove to St. Gallen after Colmar.

We drove from France to Germany

to Switzerland to Austria all in one day

8. DELFT - EUROPE TRIP APRIL 2015

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15th

DELFT, NETHERLANDS

After visiting Keukenhof we drove towards  Belgium where we stopped off in Delft.

John purchased two Royal Delft plates one for me and one for grandma Ellen

We left the flat land of Holland and drove into the rolling hills of Belgium

 WE SPENT THE NIGHT IN AN ATTIC IN WALCOURT BELGIUM

WITH A LITTLE FRENCHMAN AS OUR HOST

 LOOKING OUTSIDE HIS ATTIC

THURSDAY, APRIL 16th

WE DROVE TO FRANCE

 CUTE GIRLS 

I took their picture because I wanted Sydney to see them

 WE PASSED BY MANY WORLD WAR MONUMENTS

ON OUR TRAVEL TO VERDUN

 THE MUSEUM WAS CLOSED BECAUSE THEY WERE ADDING TO IT

 WE WALKED THE GROUNDS WERE THE 4 YEAR WAR TOOK PLACE

BETWEEN THE GERMANS AND THE FRENCH

 SCARED HILLS FROM BOMBS

 MEMORIAL AND GRAVE SITES

 FORT DE DOUAUMONT IN VERDUN

 TRENCHES REMAIN UNTOUCHED