Start of the journey home
We said goodbye to Camp Zizkhov with a final coffee and green tea from Keanu at the coffee shack:
Very much an Autumnal feel today as we headed West from Prague and across the border into Germany.
Long drive, stopping for lunch and an hours tour of the Nurnberg rally site, beginning with the museum in the unfinished Congress Hall - the most important architectural remnant of the 3rd Reich.
...and ending with a ride on the big wheel at the VolksFest to get an aerial view of the scale of the site.
Arrived at Camp Seewiesse in rural Germany in time for a swim in their pool (not the lake - too cold!)
Thought provoking day for the girls today - lots of questions about Hitler, Jews and death tonight over dinner. Hitler seems mixed up with King Ludwig in Caitlin's mind - no similarity really! Long discussion on Franz Joseph's death bed and what would have happened if he'd died in a chair "death chair"? asked Ellie.
Our trip has given some snippets of European History to the girls which we wouldn't have come across at home - they loved the link between King Ludwig and Empress Sisi being friends. Otherwise, its just been random unconnected snapshots!
Long drive to France tomorrow and our return to Guignicourt where we spent our first night of the trip.
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