Picture Perfect Day at the Starnberger See

Have you ever watched the movie “Das Boot” (produced by Wolfgang Peterson)? Or / and have you ever read the book “Das Boot” by Lothar-Günther Buchheim? Have you ever heard of Bernried, a village that fought 15 years against the donation of a world-class art museum, the collection of Lothar-Günther Buchheim, who got the inspiration to his book when working on submarines during WWII as a war correspondent and who not only collected and made art himself, but also put together numerous pieces from the movie production? If you answered „yes“ to any of those questions, you should visit the Buchheim Museum in Bernried! If you answered „no“ to any of the question, you definitely should visit the Buchheim Museum!!!

Why move from bench to bench when the bench can move?

Thanks to the weather goddess and my brother-in-law Erwin who planned a whole day around the Starnberger See, we had a great day exploring and enjoying ourselves!

After a second breakfast in Bernried and the museums visit, we drove to the castle in Höhenried, a perfect wedding location – we just don’t know anybody who wants to wear wedding shoes right now…..

Exhausted by visual overstimulation, we needed lunch. Erwin had – of course – not forgotten about that and we ended up in Münsing at the Altwirt restaurant to enjoy a tasty Bavarian lunch

Before driving back to Munich, we visited the Leini Memorial, where King Ludwig II drowned under suspicious circumstances. Up to this day it is a big mystery why such an avid swimmer would die in shallow waters right after the fact that he was disowned for spending too much money on all his fairytale castles and buildings! Go figure!

Back in Munich we met my nieces Stefanie and Christina and had a drink at Santa Anna in the Gärtnerplatz area. Since the weather was so gorgeous (25*C) it seemed that everybody in Munich was out and about