April 28,2012 Munich

Since I haven't had any internet I will try and do a catch up in this one blog.We arrived in Munich and stayed in Munich for 5 nights.We were busy seeing the Nymphburg Palace,The Residece,going to the Hofbraus and and walking around old town Munich.We liked the area in and around Munich. After leaving Munich we headed down to Fussen home of King Ludwigs Castle.There is one that he lived in with his mother and the one he built.His fairy tale castle.We couldn't take photos so your out of luck.It was like Disney's castle. It was a lot of walking although you can catch a bus most of the way up.It's a steep up climb and also coming down.This was a beautiful area surrounded by the Alps.After leaving Fussen we crossed over the Alps into Innsburg.We didn't go into town just stayed at campground and walked into a town called Hall in Tirol.We parked next to a couple from Sweden and enjoyed their company for the evening.They spoke very good English and and we had a few glasses of wine.Great night.The next day we were headed into Italy and of course our Gps got us lost.We were in the Dolomites and already high in the mountains.We ended up going on a hour long drive into the mountains and then it happened.Our rear axle was about to fall off.Some of the bolts were missing and we got into this little town and a couple of men had it off and had to put another one on as the bolts ere broke off and they couldn't get them out. They worked very fast and had us back on the road within a hour.We finally found our way out of the small villages and made it to Bolzano.We went to see the Otzi man.He is the man that had been frozen for over 5000 years.His body was mummified and all intact.They have him in a climate controled area and he is monitered all the time.There was a article in National Geographic Magazine and also on TV.You can see his whole body.Next stop was Lake Garda and it is surrounded by the mountains.We stayed At Malcesine and we into the small village.We loved it here and they had a lot of campgrounds around the lake.We should of stayed longer.Our next stop was Verona.We visited the Roman arena and we wern't impressed.We've seen others we liked better. We went and visited Juliets house and saw the house and the balcony where Rshe stood.There were lots of people there and they had locks they were selling.You take the locks and put your name on them then chainn it to the bridge.They have a church called Sant' Anastasia and the inside it beautiful I did get some photos and will post them later.We also went to the Castlevecchio.This castle was built by the Scaligeri family as a residence and a fortress.They had a lot of nice art and statues that was very nice.Our next stop was Vicenza and we walked around the old town.The basilica Palladina dominates the square and is under renovation and will open sometime this year. I finally got a internet modem for Italy so will hopefully be able to keep the post up to date.Next stop Venice.