Thursday, July 4, 2019
Happy Independence Day! (But happy to be abroad today!)
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| Breakfast at Landgasthof Karner |
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Frasdorf Maypole that has the horizontal wreath
above the signs of local trades |
Another short detour from the
Alpenstrasse/Alpine Road took us to Prien am Chiemsee.
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Chiemsee-Bahn/Railroad (the oldest continuously operated steam tramway
in the world) runs from the Prien train station to the lake of Chiemsee |
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Here we took a boat to the island of Herreninsel/Gentlemen Island,
on Bavaria's largest lake |
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Leaving Prien am Chiemsee (note the flag/colors of the state of Bavaria,
one of two official flags, the other being of angled diamonds/lozenges) |
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| More traditional Bavarian flag |
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| Arriving at Herreninsel |
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A walk through the forest brought us to Schloss/Castle Herrenchiemsee
(the current US president will note the 'raked" forest) |
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The Lawn at Herrenchiemsee leads to one side of the island,
the planned fountains and boat landing were not completed |
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A robomower has some fancy maneuvers to make
(and how does it not mow down the plots of red begonias?) |
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Latona Fountain, a copy of one at Versailles, in wedding-cake style with
the goddess Latona (Leto in Greek mythology), who was the mother of
twins Apollo and Diana (Artemis), fathered by Jupiter (Zeus) |
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| Close-up of figures of the Latona Fountain |
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| Oh, they just turned on the water! |
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| Gardener's "secret" passage through the hedge |
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| Solar-powered trash compactor (KSS) |
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| Fama Fountain |
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| Allée of the original entry for Herrenchiemsee (KSS) |
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The front of Schloss/Castle Herrenchiemsee (1878-1886, by Georg Dollman),
which was inspired by Versailles, although not meant to be a copy |
First the Ludwig II Museum.
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Busts of Otto (1848-1916) and Ludwig II (1845-1886),
brothers who were born at Nymphenburg Palace in
München/Munich, to Maximilian II and Queen Marie |
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| Christening robe of Ludwig II |
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| Original death mask (1886) of Ludwig II |
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Replica of the throne room in the Residenz in München/Munich;
Ludwig II became king at age 18, when his father died in 1864 |
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Royal robes for Ludwig II and his fiancée, Duchess Sophie Charlotte,
who were engaged in 1887, but Ludwig broke off the engagement |
Ludwig II and his former fiancée shared an interest in Richard Wagner and his operas, and Ludwig became a patron of Wagner.
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| Diorama of stage set from Die Walküre/The Valkyrie, Hunding's Hut |
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Replica of the bedroom at Linderhof, dedicated to the
Sun King Louis XIV, with gold-embroidered tapestries |
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| Also the mirror and stand made of Meissen porcelain |
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The unfinished parts of the palace are used as a
contemporary art gallery; Das Gute/The Good
(c 2001-2017, by Hans-Jörg Georgi) |
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| The lift apparatus for the dining room table |
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View from the terrace of the Schlosswirtschaft/Castle Guesthouse
Herrenchiemsee, with the horse-drawn wagon to take visitors to the palace |
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| Lunch al fresco with Kent |
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| Hecht/Pike with spinach risotto |
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Weisswurst/white sausages served with a
pretzel and sweet mustard |
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| Former Parish Church of St Mary |
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| Leaving Herreninsel, we passed Fraueninsel/Ladies Island |
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| Swan with her Ugly Ducklings |
Next: Reit im Winkl and Bad Reichenhall.
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