On Friday the 19th we drove to Annette's parents. They live in a village called Gerstetten. We went to her sister's house for a cookout which was delicious. The next morning we went to see the castle Neuschwanstein - it's the one that Disney saw and had Cinderella's castle made like it. I saw real mountains for the first time since the castle is built in the Alps. The castle is way over the top!!!!! The king who built it was called crazy and taken from the throne because he spent too much money on his castle. So it was never finished. I think it is something like only 9 rooms are completely done, but it was a cool place. We took a carriage ride up and back down from the castle. We grabbed a brat sandwich and did a little shopping before heading to our next town of Magstadt to see Peter's mom and sister. Too bad the pictures aren't clear. It was a hazy day and we weren't allowed to take pictures inside so we bought a book for people to see.
When we got to Peter's mom's house, we had a late supper. I had real German potato salad. It was great. Hopefully mom can duplicate it. On Sunday we went to another relative's house for a family reunion. We met aunts and uncles and cousins. The best part was homemade ice cream cake followed by black forest cake.
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