April 15 & 16: Liz & Aaron leave

Judy drove Liz and Aaron back to Munich today.  They stayed near the airport and returned the rental car, then took a train into Marienplatz for a last look around and another nice dinner at Opatija.  There, they had the same Kosovar waiter from a previous visit.  After chatting him up all evening, he brought them each a complementary shot of something he called "Shlivovic."  I looked it up.  It's basically plum brandy, distilled from Damson plums and is in a category of drinks called rakia in the Balkans.  Judy described it as, "whew!!!"

She got Liz and Aaron on their plane and caught a train back to Innsbruck, where I met her at the station at 11:30.  On the journey, she sat with a young man from Australia who described his country as "Britain's rednecks;"  a Slovakian woman who is living in Munich and has a Greek mother;  and a philosophy professor in Innsbruck but commutes from Munich, where her husband works. 

Judy related her story to me over some authentic Tirolean food before we came back for some rest.

I thought you might like to see our route thus far.  Here it is:

Courtesy of Google Earth.  I may go back and update my entries on specific locations with more detailed maps for any who are interested (even it it's only me).