Last Breakfast at the Ibis and Happy Birthday Jacob:)

Time for the group to head back to Spokane. We spent three fantastic weeks here, made lots of new friends, strengthened relationships with each other and experienced culture, history and language first hand. What an awesome experience, and now we can only count down the days until we will see our new German friends again in Spokane in spring of 2013! Auf Wiedersehen, Deutschland:)

Herrenchiemsee, Frauenchiemsee...last day in Munich:(

On our last full day in Munich, accompanied by the most fantastic weather imaginable, we went on an outing to the islands Herrenchiemsee and Frauenchiemsee in Bavaria's largest lake (the Chiemsee). We loved looking at King Ludwig's unfinished Schloss (castle) that was built after the model of Versailles. Natasha, who had been to Versailles with her Mom just a few weeks earlier, confirmed that it looked almost identical. We took another boat out to the Fraueninsel, where we first had a wonderful lunch and then headed out to the beach. Some of us walked around the whole island first, which can be done in about 1/2 an hour or so, but is incredibly beautiful. There is a monastery there with a gorgeous, well kept garden, many artists live on this island and have little shops to visit (potteries, glass blowing etc)

Neuschwanstein...day 3 in Muenchen.