Category Archives: Tourist destinations

Lüftlmalerei in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

Cynical tourists visiting Bavaria might be tempted to think that the bright murals on the sides of houses there have been painted for their benefit. This isn’t true. The tradition of Lüftlmalerei, or Bavarian mural painting, has flourished since at … Continue reading →

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A Fish out of Water

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

When I was a little girl in Denton, Texas, my brothers and I played with the Goetz boys, who lived around the corner. We were terribly excited when they arrived because they came from Germany. (Our experience of Germans up … Continue reading →

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Art from life

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

I took this photo from my hotel balcony last weekend on the evening of our arrival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. We stayed at Hotel Schatten on the Partenkirchen side, and I heartily recommend it. The church you see is Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, … Continue reading →

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The Bostalsee

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

Yesterday, Joe took a half-day holiday. The weather was perfect: 76 degrees F (24 C) and not a cloud in the sky. We wanted to spend it outdoors because the big H on the weather map is drifting south, and … Continue reading →

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Leaf Fall

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

The leaves have started to change in Germany. That’s a very big deal to this Texas girl because where I come from the leaves don’t bother to fall off the trees until spring. We rake live oak leaves from February … Continue reading →

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Wandering among the Vines

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

Last weekend, Joe and I visited Freinsheim along with Rainer and Heidi and some of their good friends. Freinsheim is a picturesque little town surrounded by vineyards and orchards just off the Deutsche Weinstrasse, and this was the weekend of … Continue reading →

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The Last One Standing

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Clare Dunkle

It wasn’t the prettiest medieval castle on the Rhine, or the biggest, or the richest, or the most famous. But the Marksburg is the only castle in the whole middle-Rhine region that didn’t get destroyed. All the others had to … Continue reading →

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