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Sunday, October 02, 2005

So

A very great evening. und day,

Rainy all day. We went to Kelheim, via an arranged bus. Herding 17 cats into a bus at 8:00 AM is very diffucult. 13 here, somebody need coffee, 15 here somebody need tylenol, 14 here somebody need to go to the bathroom. Arrgh!

Eventually we got on the arranged 18 passenger bus. We got a surprise gift (um.). A tour guide that had some ideas about our schedule. We took about an hour twenty to get to Kelheim. We took an unexpected tour of the monument to the defeat of the French in 1813-1814 (Wellington, the Deutsch, und the Russians.) We went to the monument, up the many stairs, and saw the wonderful view of the lower valleys und the Donau. Then we went to the city of Kelheim and got a tour of the inner city. Walking, leaving some behind in the bus, we saw the four towers, the place where the very first Weiss Bier was brewed and is still in operation, and the place where King Ludwig I was killed, which caused the transfer of the capitol to Munich. (skipping for others to fill in details) Then Weltenburg, great ride back to Munich (involving bier) und a dinner suprise for my Birthday. All-in-all, a great day, even though it never stopped raining.

Enough for now. More later.

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