Landmark Lasts

I keep noting all of my last events in Munich and trying to sear all of the details into my mind. Yesterday I took my final bike ride and noted the color of the river, the happy noises at the biergarden, the quizzical flock of sheep, a small dog nudging baby ducks around, and of course your fabric free sunbathers. I tried not to sear all of the details with that bit.

We also took our last big hike in Bavaria, for awhile at least, last week in Brauneck. I love the big noisy-belled cows who stand right on the path, quite unaware.

The well marked path markers overgrown with wildflowers.

And the ongoing practice with German. Okay so let me use the year's worth of classes to translate this sign at the peak of the mountain:

The place where the sky and the earth touch is the place where men touch themselves.

Wait, that can't be right. Can it?

We also had a spectacular going away party. I thought about posting the whole set of Jul's pictures, but she is quite sane to keep them private. As it might be tough to explain certain parts, like when everyone was getting back cracks. So this is our picture with the most people in focus.