Part 1:
Not too long a time ago in a land not so far far away, there
were four college students named Austin, Cameron, Joanna and Megan, who boarded
the night train to Munich. It was a dark
cloudy night and “Santa Claus” had just left when they stumbled heavily laden
into their beds. We were set out on a
noble quest to deliver Chase’s luggage to Berlin and to find the best beer in
Bavaria.
The scenery was rather picturesque, as large, colorful,
floating birds dropped from the sky around the breathtaking Schloss
Neushwanstein. The road was perilous and
marked with excrement of carriage horses, but still they pressed on. They answered the question of the troll, and
crossed the Marienbrücke, where one of the fearless grouped turned out to have
a weakness – fear of death by falling. Despite this they carried on and were rewarded
at the top by the view of the castle.
The sky could have been a work of the great masters, however it was marred
by the mark of their arch nemesis – Scaffolding. He had been striking all across the country,
first in Köln and now in Bavaria! Despite the evil mark, they went exploring
through King Ludwig’s chambers. They
encountered many strange sights, including a Gothic-style bed that took 14
woodcarvers 4 years to complete and a Venusian grotto enclosed by the
castle. The Querulous Quartet exited through
the gift shop, resisting the temptations of nutcrackers and snowglobes to begin
their descent.
Upon their return to the main village of München, they
sought out sustenance and found it in the form of zum Frazis Kaner
Brewery. The feast was most triumphant,
with the roulade stealing the show. In
the spirit of celebration, they ventured onwards to the hofbräuhaus, where they
each downed a Maß of their favorite beverage to the tunes of an oom-pah
band. With jest they stumbled back to
their sleeping quarters and prepared for the quest upon the ‘morrow.
They woke to an ominous fog rolling over the hills. The elders advised against continuing their quest
for the legendary Liquid Bread of Andechs, for the danger was far too great. The prophecy foretold of a raging tempest hidden
behind the cottony shroud. In addition the faithful companions were menaced by colorful
creatures of unknown origin and intention. However, they were not to be daunted
by the foreboding warnings. They lived on the wild side. They laughed in the
face of danger. After overcoming opposition in the form of a false path, the
brave companions forged onward in the midst of an enchanted wood. Gnarled roots
rose treacherously to snag their feet, while at any moment the promised tempest
threatened to appear. The flowers and trees surrounding them seemed innocent,
but unknown dangers could lurk anywhere. And then, the companions ran into
another obstacle. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. After much debate, they
took the one less traveled by, and that made all the difference. They were
climbing the last few steep steps when…
TO BE CONTINUED….
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