in Photos

There are so many things to write about from this trip that it's impossible to adequately capture it all. So while there are several posts in the works, this post is just to share some snippets of the last few weeks in photos. 

I convinced Allison that it was a good idea to split a smoked fish on the Fraueninsel. Although she was initially skeptical, we both ended up really enjoying it. And it's always fun to wave a fish skeleton around. 

This is a Sommerrodelbahn, a relatively common sight in the alps. It's almost impossible to describe, but the idea is sledding in the summer. There's a windy, hilly metal track, and you ride on it on the sleds, which have brakes so you can control speed. It's kind of like an alpine roller coaster. This one is in Garmisch.

We went to a museum in Augsburg about the Fuggers, an immensely powerful family during the High Middle Ages. At the time, Augsburg was Germany's Florence, and the Fuggers were comparable to the Medici. The museum has lots of interactive games designed for children, and some of us reveled in completing the challenges.

In Vienna we went to Schönbrunn, the summer residence of the Habsburgs. I think that Clementine was perhaps happier with her simple daisy crown than many of the Habsburg princesses and empresses.