Leaving Munchen for Ruhpolding

We’ll be leaving the Uhland Hotel (see photo) in Munchen today for my favorite place on earth, the town of Ruhpolding, near my mother’s hometown of Traunstein… which is not far from Salzburg (which we’ll visit, of course). I have a feeling that our Internet options there will be even more limited than our options here, so here are a few photos of Munchen to “tide you over” until I can post more – which will likely be when we come out of the Alps and onto the Romatische Strasse, next Saturday.

A really prevalent, but admittedly completely ridiculous, thought that’s been going through my head since we arrived is that I somehow betrayed my heritage by being American. I know – I had no say in the whole thing. But even as a foreigner (and I do feel like one!), there’s something about Germany – and especially Bavaria – that feels very right, way down deep. (How can I feel both very much like a foreigner and very much at home? I have no idea!) I’ve found myself wondering where I’d be if my parents hadn’t immigrated in 1953. I’d be… here.

I’d be… well, not the me I am.

I’ll post again when I can. Maybe tonight, maybe next week! If only I knew!