*Herrenchiemsee*

I downloaded some images from the internet...this showes the inside of the castle...it was beautiful...but you are not allowed to take pictures :(

*Herrenchiemsee*

Those are pictures of your trip to *Herrenchiemsee*

I found the descripton of this place on the internet...I thought it is pretty ineresting :) We drove with a bus there, it was cold but it didn't rain :)

Herrenchiemsee is a complex of royal buildings on the Herreninsel, an island in the middle of the Chiemsee, Bavaria's largest lake, 60 km south east of Munich. The Augustine Monastery Herrenchiemsee, later converted into the Old Palace (Altes Schloss) and Herrenchiemsee Palace, also known as the New Palace (Neues Schloss) are the most famous of these buildings and are the biggest of Ludwig II of Bavaria's palaces.

Augustine Monastery Herrenchiemsee (Old Palace)
Ludwig II acquired the Augustine monastery in 1873 and had the rooms converted for his own private use. This later became known as the Old Palace. In 1948, the Constitutional Convention of West Germany met here to prepare the work for the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Herrenchiemsee Palace (New Palace)
The New Palace was designed by Christian Jank, Franz Seitz, and Georg Dollman and built between 1878 and 1885. Between 1863 and 1886 a total of 16,579,674 Marks[1] was spent constructing Herrenchiemsee. An 1890 '20 Mark' gold coin contained 0.2304 troy ounce (7.171 g) of gold. Therefore, 16,579,674 Marks would equate to 190,998 oz of gold, which at recent gold prices (March 2007) is worth approximately £70,500,000GBP or (August 2007) $125,400,000USD. The Grundgesetz (Constitution) of postwar Germany was largely drafted here in August 1948. Herrenchiemsee was one of the featured locations in the 1995 computer game The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, set in Bavaria with a storyline heavily involving Ludwig II and Wagner.

Front of the New Palace
The New Palace is, in a sense, a monument to Ludwig's adoration of Louis XIV. In the great hall of mirrors of the palace the ceiling is painted with 25 tableaux showing Louis XIV at his best. (Some texts refer to the main building as Herrenchiemsee, forgetting the other smaller buildings on the island.)
It was to have been an equivalent to the Palace of Versailles, but only the central portion was built before the king died, leaving 50 of the 70 rooms of the palace unfinished. It was never meant to be a perfectly exact replica of Versailles and in several places surpasses it. The great hall of mirrors is longer than its equivalent in Versailles, and the dining room has a huge chandelier of Meissen porcelain, the largest in the world. The building also benefits from nearly two centuries of technological progress. The original Versailles palace did not have a single toilet. The only running water was outside in the fountains. King Ludwig's "copy" has more modern facilities, with a toilet and a large heated bathtub. Also, unlike Versailles, it was built on an island and is now only accessible by a small ferry. It is because of this that Herrenchiemsee and the Neues Palais are not as accessible or as famous as Neuschwanstein castle, becoming a secondary castle in their country.

*Trip to Dinkelsbuehl*

I hope you enjoyed the pictures :)

Oh, did I tell you that we like to celebrate a lot? LOL

*Dinkelsbuehl* had a Fest...they showed people how they lived in the early days...it was wonderful!

The first picture shows how they ironed their cloth...the second picture showes how they made paper and last one is the picture of the *Major of Dinkelsbuehl* he was signing a document that I was at the Fest :)

On Sunday, my Mom and I went with my Sister and her Family to *Dinkelsbuehl* it is a wonderful city! If you ever go to Germany, you need to go there!

*We will never forget*

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

*I'm connected to the world again*

Heeeeeello it's me :) my Mom got connected to the internet...YIPPEE
I'm doing fine...the flight was not too bad...I flew with Northwest Airlines and they were awesome! They fed us constantly and it was good food!

Mom and I try to get the huge garden back in shape...my Dad was a gardener by heart and he did everything...so my Mom was lost...I think I got a lot from my Dad...I love gardening :)

Everyday, I get up at 8:30am and eat breakfast and go back to bed til 11:00am...it is too cold for me he he I'm not used to this weather anymore...my Mom is laughing about me because I'm always so cold!

Germany has already signs of Fall...leaves are falling...fog in the morning...chilling cold at night...a few days ago we had a wonderful weather...perfect...and everyone was complaining about the humidity...I did not even know what they were talking about...humidity? WHERE??? They need to come to GA then they will find out what humidity is LOL

Off to go to do some more work in the yard...:)

Hope everybody is doing fine!

*Off to Germany*

...in a few days I'm being on my way to Germany... I'm sooo excited to see my Mom :)

I thought I will post now before I'm running out of time :) I still have sooo much to do before I leave...

I will keep you posted :)

Until next time...Ivonne :)

God Bless America

*Primitive Excellence Award*

I wanted to thank Char from The Pickled Pepper Patch for giving me this wonderful Award :) you need to check out her blog... :)

Blogging is so much fun :) you meet people from everywhere :) Love it!

Once an award is received, the rules are as follows:

*Put the logo on your blog.
*Add a link to the person who awarded you.
*Nominate atleast seven other blogs.
*Add links to those blogs on your blog.
*Leave a message for your nominee on their blogs.

Here are my nominees :)

Briar Rabbit Prims

Dollgiver's Attic

Soft in the Head

Mustard Seed Originals

La Donna Welter

Curds and Whey

Dogpatch Primitives

*Labor Day*

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union (of New York City) sought to create "a day off for the working citizens".
Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894. All fifty states have made Labor Day a state holiday.
Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer.

I found this on the internet and thought it was interesting :)

I wish you all a Happy Labor Day...

*Spooky Nadine*

Good evening :) I just listed *Spooky Nadine* on Ebay doesn't she look spooky? She will be my last doll for a while...I will leave beginning of September for 3 weeks to visit my Mom in Germany to help her out a little bit.If time allows it, I will try to make 1 or 2 Halloween Dolls in October for Ebay...I'm not sure yet...I won't have enough time to list anything on TDIPT Mercantile in October...because the deadline for it is the 25th of September :(I had lots of fun creating her...lots of hours and love went in her...oh by the way, her batwings and bottle brush tree are removable!I hope you like her :)Until next time...

*Denmark*

Today, 10th of August, 9 years ago we had our courthouse wedding in Denmark...everything was so beautiful! We took the night train to Denmark and two days later we got married...two women, they were working at the courthouse, were our witnesses... we did not even know them!

We stayed one day longer went to the beach took some cool pictures and left in the evening...so here we were newly Wed's... sitting in the train...I was holding my flower bouquet and we had a bottle of champagne and some plastic cups with us...4 more people were sitting with us and we gave them some champagne too and we celebrated with those complete strangers... that was sooo funny!

The next day we had the total eclipse of the sun, maybe some of you remember...that was so neat...but we all had mixed feelings about that day... rumors were going around that the world would go down on this day...I thought *I hope that is not true...I would have been married only for 1 day!!!* Not cool!

9 years later we are still happily married and the world is still turning...THANK GOD!!!

I attached a picture of the eclipse...