MONTHLY HIGHHOLDER
September 2005
Vol. 4 Issue 9
300 Year Anniversary of Bischofsreut
| What a great time that was had by all attending the festivities in Bischofsreut. The beer, the food, the parades, the beer, the visiting, the beer. It wasn't all beer, there was Blutwurz also. One thing I was disappointed with was that the bands played no polkas and there was no dancing. Strange. The Bavarian Forest area that we were in is very clean. The villages are tidy with no junk anywhere. I don't think I saw a car older than a few years, certainly no damaged cars. The pension I stayed at was a bargain also: 4 nights with breakfast and laundry service-- 59 Euros. I think I was the first American they ever had. The place was convenient being at the entrance to the festival on the main road, but then the village is so small everyplace was close. There was a little language barrier but we managed. |
Drinking
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit eins, zwei, drei drink turn on your speakers |
| Over the next few months I will give reports on new pictures
of villages and sites seen on the trip. So stay tuned. Also trip reports
by other attendees.
If any one wants to send me their pictures or write a trip report let me know. Not all of us saw the same things or went to the same places. |
Eating
Schweins haxen with sauerkraut, potato and bread from the festival at Mauth on real china with real silverware. There was no litter generated by eating or drinking, they trusted that you would not break or steal the dinnerware or beer glass. Ha, little do they know Americans because I do know that some beer steins were taken as souvenirs. |
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Drinking
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| I returned with over 35 pounds of new books:
The Chronic Of Bischofsreut, Norbert Madl Bauernhäuser in Bayern: Niederbayern Museumsdorf Bayerischer Wald Südböhmen Alte Fuhrmanns-herrlichkeiten Schee is gwen, owa hirt: Alte Bilder aus dem Bayerischen Wald der Dreilanderberg: Paul Praxl Bauernhäuser in Südböhmen copy of The Chronic of Salnau, Parkfried and Oiberg, 1600-1983 7 new maps: Kompass #2022: Bohmerwald Dreilandereck Kompass #2024: Bohmerwald Stausee Lipno Bruckmann: Bayerischer Wald and Bohmerwald Allianz: Bayerischer Wald Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt: # UK 50-30 Naturpark Bayerischer Wald South Grafenau Stadtplan Philippsreut Ortsplan and 10 pounds of tourist brochures, pamphlets, postcards etc. also a beer stein, beer glass (but not from the festival), and many many more souvenirs. |
Discovering family connections
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The link to see 228 of the 600 pictures I took on this trip. Big file be patient. Here is a link to pictures from Bischofsreut by others: Mostly by Ingo. Sorry the link wouldn't work after I posted the webpage. Send me an email and I will send a link if this link doesn't work. If the link works you want to look at both Germany 2005 and Germany 2005 by others. 
The places I went to include Frankfurt, Bad Homburg, Nurnberg, Munich, Bischofsreut, Leopoldsreut, Mauth, other small villages in Bavaria, a couple of places in Bohemia, Freilicht Museum: Finsterau, Bayerischwald Museumsdorf: Tittling, Passau, Enns, Melk, Vienna. |
Parading
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Drinking
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Crossing the border and trying to return to Germany
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Parading
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Wood Badge from Bischofsruet |
Krapfen-Grophen Just like my grandmother used to make |
