2010 - NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE & ENGLAND

IN JANUARY MY FATHER DIED.

I MISSED HIS FUNERAL.

IN MARCH, I WENT TO SEE MY MOM & AS IT TURNS OUT, THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW HER.

IT'S NOW JULY & I AM ON MY WAY TO HER FUNERAL.

BOTH LIVED TO A RIPE OLD AGE. SURVIVED A WORLD WAR AND HAVING TWO KIDS. NOT TOO BAD A LIFE.

ON THE WAY, I CALLED IN TO NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE OUTSIDE MUNICH, JUST TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS FOR A FRIEND WHO LOVES CASTLES.

I DOUBT SHE WILL EVER GET TO SEE THIS ONE.

MY MUM WOULD HAVE LOVED IT TOO..

LEAVING OTTAWA & FLYING INTO MUNICH,

I TAKE PHOTOS OF McDONALDS ALL OVER THE WORLD. I MENTIONED THAT TO SOMEONE WHO SAID 'THATS GOOD, NOW YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THE CLEAN BATHROOMS ARE.'
GOOD TO GO & GOOD TO KNOW.

THIS ONE IS IN MUNICH - WITH THE NAME IN ARABIC!

MAYBE THE PIED PIPER IS AROUND HERE ..

IT IS A VERY PLEASANT TRAIN RIDE FROM MUNICH INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ALPS BEFORE GETTING TO FUSSEN..

ON THE WAY BACK I WAS SEATED WITH TWO KOREAN GIRLS. ONE OF WHOM WAS JUST STUNNING. DRESSED ALL IN WHITE. THEY NODDED OFF FOR QUITE A WHILE & I WAS SO, SO TEMPTED TO TAKE THEIR PHOTO, LOOKING LIKE A PAIR OF ASIAN ANGELS.

NO - NO PICTURE..

THE GUY WHO BUILT THE CASTLE WE ARE ABOUT TO VISIT HAD THIS ONE BUILT BEFORE HAND SO HE COULD WATCH THE OTHER BEING BUILT.

HE NEVER SAW IT COMPLETED. MANAGED TO GET DROWNED.

MURDER?

ACCIDENT?

SUICIDE?

IT'S A MYSTERY.

THIS IS WHAT HE WOULD HAVE SEEN HAD HE NOT BEEN UNDER WATER AT THE TIME. NICE LITTLE PLACE..

I COULD HAVE TAKEN A HORSE & BUGGY OR THE HANG GLIDER

I CHOSE TO WALK

INSIDE THE CASTLE YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE PHOTOS. THIS IS ONE LOOKING OUT AT THE BRIDGE OVER THE GORGE.

I WILL BE OVER THERE MOMENTARILY.

THIS IS FROM THE BRIDGE ....

ON TO ENGLAND

THIS IS AT A ROMAN VILLA NOT FAR FROM MY MOMS..

A LITTLE FOX NEXT DOOR TO MY SISTERS PLACE

TEACHING MY NEPHEW'S DAUGHTER CATS CRADLE.

....GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON THAT YOUNG LADY..

ON TO LONDON & ABBEY ROAD. SOMEONE OBLIGINGLY IN WHITE. THANK YOU.

I AM SURPRISED THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE.

REGENTS PARK IN BLOOM - VERY PRETTY..

BYE...BYE...