It's the first day of Oktoberfest here in Munich, not that we knew or planned for it. This explains the traditional dress on all the Austrians and Germans and now on tourists (not us). The Germans call the drunken Oktoberfest tourists beer-corpses, and we saw one last night at dinner, completely passed out at the table. Philip rode up on the elevator with some guy who smelled really funky and did not know where he was, and then later he saw 4 men in kilts and rugby shirts headed for the beer tents. Fun times.
You have to give the Germans credit, though, for their environmentalism. Solar panels are everywhere--on barns, on houses, in cities, in the country. Americans tend to think it's too cold in the Northeast for panels, but not so--it's already pretty chilly here, and those panels are obviously worth it. The top photo here shows you the typical house in the countryside of Germany--house with barn attached and those awesome photo-voltaics.
Clare and Philip left at the crack of dawn for the world's largest science museum (the Louvre of science museums)! Isabella, Emmett, and I are hanging out in the hotel using the high speed internet (yay!) and packing. We're down to 3 suitcases, having sent several more boxes on to Australia. Shouldn't need much in Greece. Second photo is of Clare in the museum of her dreams...
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