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Bear update; The Bear says General Bearus Will Rendezvous With Me At The Bear Hop To Hand Over The Sword Party. TR says, “This is the sword to defeat the pirates.” Moose say, “The pirates will turn it against you, Bear!” Lou says we will have a Pirates At The Bear Hop Party. We will serve Hip Hop Foods.
We woke up to clouds. Will they last? No! It got sunny by the time we got to the Obersalzberg. But then on the way back to A-8 it rained. Once on the autobahn it got sunny again. It’s rain and sun all the time.
Tucson 96/78 T-STORMS
We woke up at 7:30AM. We got dressed and went to breakfast in the breakfast room at the hotel. We loaded up the car and headed towards Berchtesgaden. Gary took the wrong turn several times over and had to ask directions at a gas station. We had to follow a windy, twisty road to Berchtesgaden only to find that the only place to stop and go to the bathroom was the banhof which was original to the 1930’s. I bought postcards there along with books, some of them in German. Gary got a map of the area so he could find the route to the Obersalzburg. We turned up a windy, twist country road heading straight up to 3000 feet. It took ten minutes. We parked in the lot at the documentation center next to the old Platterhof Hotel. We ate lunch in the dining room. We had meatloaf with sunny side up eggs with German potato salad cold on the side. It was served with mustard. For dessert we had apple strudel with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. Then we went to the gift shop in the old Platterhof Hotel. We bought: 1)a beer stein 2) a little girl’s traditional Bavarian costume 3)a snow globe for the Eagle’s Nest 4)a musical Christmas tree 5)a DVD 6)a Russian book for Kenny. Then we walked to the other side of the outdoor eating area overlooking the new resort. That was Goering’s House. Down from that would have been Martin Bormann’s house. In the woods behind the piled up logs closing off a road was the Berghof. We drove down the road to the fork marking the entrance to the Hotel zum Turken. Right next to it was also the site of the Berghof. The road at that point was much narrower. We continued down the rest of the way to the banhof and used the bathroom. Then we followed a country road, 20, with heavy traffic following us back to A-8, the autobahn heading to Munich. We stopped at the first Serways service area and bought water using the coupons to get money off. The traffic is so heavy that we are afraid of being caught in a stall any moment now. We passed the Heremkimsee once again. We really get a sense now that we’re on the way back. We stopped for gas. Everything is mobbed. Gary got lost trying to get to the center of Munich. Kenny guided him using the navigation system on the car we rented. He ended up right in front of the Residenz Palace. Kenny and I walked to the Hofbrauhaus while Gary parked the car in a garage. Gary and I had a cheese plate. Kenny had sausage. I bought postcards and we checked into the Mandarin Oriental, room 203 on the second floor — the lowest floor with rooms.
The room is huge. It has three single beds and a living room. It has a walk in closet as well as drawers in the wall. The ceiling is at least 15 feet high. There is a hallway that leads into a bathroom with both a tub and a shower. In front of the room you can light up do not disturb or make up this room. The room comes with a doorbell.
I saw madness today at the Obersalzberg. It was by far the most crowded tourist attraction we’ve visited, even more so than the Dokumentation Center in Nuremberg. Bus after bus heading for the Kelstein House pulled up and parked. Taxis swarmed about, in evidence for the first time since we left the Hamburg Airport one week ago. The lady running the giftshop at the old General Walker Hotel, originally the Platterhof, was ringing up merchandise nonstop. The outside seating on the patio was full. And yet there was not even so much as a marker for the old site of the Berghof, which was in plain view for anyone who looked at the diorama in the gift shop. Hitler is a big draw and could be even bigger if the Germans would put their hypocrisy away and come to terms with the Second World War. With some money to restore the Berghof and mark the room where Chamberlain and Hitler met in 1938 as a prelude to Chamberlain’s “peace in our time” speech, it could easily become the biggest tourist attraction in Germany.
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Lusitania Plot Corrections:
1)Dora should be collecting her nickels for the trolley rides
2)When they drive to BMC they should be driving the Lincoln Highway, not Route 30. They should see the Amish in buggies driving down the road. Incorporate rural scenes with red barns and signs that say, “Drink milk”. Describe the Allegheny Mountains as they climb over them with the terrorist tailing them.
3)Fog when Dora peers out porthole wondering if can contact parents. Warm air meeting cold North Atlantic seawater and can’t even make out the waves out her porthole. The terrorist has put a sign over most of her porthole so no one can see in and she can barely find a crack for peering out.
4)When Dora’s locked inside her cabin she feels that she’s going crazy being so alone and so thwarted. It’s emphasized and underlined by the whistling wind outside her cabin door.
She can’t get any sleep listening to the howling wind, tossing and turning, and thinking about the saboteur. It sounds like a nightmare.
5)At another point listens for anyone on the deck. Silent except for vibrations of ship.
6)When Edward first meets Dora she wraps comforter around herself, not sheet. Europeans don’t use top sheets. She also notices that double beds are like two singles pushed together.
7)Guests at the Verandah Cafe must make sure to wear shawls and outer wraps. And don’t wear hats! Make sure to leave those in the cabin because of the wind. Dora sees folks with blankets on their legs and wrapped around themselves enjoying hot tea, coffee, and steaming chocolate. Don’t make it look like a Southern California cruise! You’ve got to emphasize the fog, the rain, the winds, and the whitecaps out at sea. Only in the fair weather do guests sit out on the deck in deck chairs with blankets thrown over their legs.
8)no washcloths
Captive At The Berghof corrections:
1)Change description of Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street
2)Might mention Admiralty officer invited to Carinhall on the occasion of the Naval Treaty. Or mention there were other meetings that had already occurred. Goering could be talking to the navy officer in the background. Better yet say it already occurred and Hitler is using the event as an excuse to draw Edward in.
3)Helga mentions a French bed, no washcloths
4)Visit to Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg:
Dora swept into the Zeppelin Field and stadium by the National Socialist officials and Hitler’s entourage with Helga following i1n the rear. Photos flashing everywhere and movie cameras going as she is literally shoved along by hands reaching out for her as hears deafening. “Heil, Hitler!” Tries to hold onto sanity. Aware only as day turns to night of daughter in front of her carried by Linge right behind the Fuhrer himself. Also buoyed up by Edward’s presence behind her with his hand in the small of her back forming a joint consciousness against the incursions of the mob in her ear and trying to tug at her mind.
Forced up stone stairs amidst multitude of officials and up to the platform built to look like the Pergamon altar in museum in Berlin. Thomasina seems farther away. Tries to reach for her and hold her, take her away from Hitler, but she’s always turned down and ignored.
When turn on stadium lights for “cathedral of light effect” daughter seems to dissolve into a beam of light with Hitler. Outlined in light like Gods in a box of light separated from all ordinary mortals. Only Edward is left. She turns to him and complains. But he’s not there! Stunned, confused, panicky, alone. Thinks, What am I doing here? Nowhere to flee.
5)Obersaltzberg:
I saw a little girl’s traditional Bavarian costume. I looked for one with a green skirt. It’s what Hitler should give Thomasina when she visits the Berghof. Dora and Edward should be scandalized that she’s not dressing like an English/American miss. Mr. Benley should say something unprintable. Then Hitler should send her a snow glob for Christmas, and in the snow globe is a miniature of the Berghof! He should also send her a musical Christmas tree made out of wooden pieces that sings German songs.
6)When Dora and Edward visit the Berghof Hitler should serve meatloaf, an egg sunny side up on top of it, German potato salad, a tomato and parsley, and mustard for lunch. For dessert Hitler serves apple strudel with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. The little girl’s enchanted.
Escape From The Berghof:
Edward’s chase down the mountain at night should be done on a motorcycle, not in a car. I saw lots of motorcycles climbing the hill to the Obersalzberg. They work better on those wicked switchbacks. He could crash on that, too, and it could go up in flames. It’s particularly appropriate considering Lawrence and his bike.
Sunday, July 22, ’12
1)Banhof gift shop 58.75 euros
2)Banhof gift shop 24.75 euros
3)Berggasthof Obersalzberg(old Platterhof) lunch 44.70 euros
4)WC 1.50 euros
5)WC 1 euro
6)Berggasthof giftshop: dress, DVD, Christmas tree, snow globe, etc 107.50 euros
7)Berggasthof giftshop beer stein 69.50 euros
8)Berggasthof giftshop Kenny’s Russian book 10 euros
9)WC 2.10 euos
10)WC 1.40 euros
11)Samerberg Nord gas 52.32 euros
12)Hofbrauhaus dinner 45.20 euros
14)Hofbrauhaus postcards and magnet 13.80 euros
15)Mandarin Oriental 1 day internet 18 euros
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TOT: 450.52 euros = $549.63
16)Mandarin Oriental room 203 $800.00 T-checks
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TOT: $1349.63