Austria and Germany

Our last day together was spent driving back north through the Alps.  It was supposed to rain all day, but really we only got wet once -- in Berchtesgaden.

The rest of the time it was gorgeous!

We still have yet to see an unlovely corner of Austria.  This was Millstatt am See:

They even had window boxes on their bridges!  Who waters them??

Germany was amazing (again) too!  We loved all the window boxes...

Finally, as a fitting bookend, we ate our last meal together at the same restaurant where we ate our first meal in Germany with the whole family exactly 6 years before -- at Hotel Zur Post in Rohrdorf.  And it was as good as we remembered it to be!

We also took a short walk in the town to a field of sunflowers, and found such a great concept:  The whole field was open for people to come pick what they wanted, and they could just put their money in a little box under the sign.  There were several kinds of flowers and vegetables to be picked!

Our last night together was spent at the Munich airport hotel;  Pete got up early the next morning to fly out to Amsterdam for his conference, and I left an hour or two later to begin the 16-hour journey back home.

This was the trip of a lifetime!  Pete and I grew so much closer and we were so appreciative of this long time together.  Now we look forward to the next 20 years!