Legoland
Trip Start
May 12, 2009
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Trip End
May 12, 2009
Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The lighthearted amusement park made an interesting counterpoint to the Dachau concentration camp of yestereday.
Another counterpoint to Munich had to do with the price. Family admission to Deutsches Museum, maybe the most fabulous museum on Earth aside from the Smithsonian: 17 Euros. Family admission to Legoland, a mediocre amusement park: 160 Euros.
Anyway, we had a great time. We made this slight side trip to Legoland at Russell's suggestion. We have had very few itinarary suggestions from the kids, so when Russell said that he wanted to visit Legoland, and when he actually directed us to it with the GPS, we thought we would take that seriously. So we rode rollercoasters and other rides, had great water fights, and shopped in the shops. We admired the mini-land, the rather impressive re-creation in Lego blocks, of many cities and sights in Germany, Switzerland, Holland, and Venice. The models of cities, including all sorts of street scenes where quite impressive. We marvelled at the Lego versions of the things that we had seen: Downtown Amsteram, Neuschwanstein castle, the peak of the Schilthorn, the 10,000 foot peak from which we had hike down. We saw Venice, including the bus boats we had ridden a few weeks ago. The thought and detail that went into these models was amazing. For instance Neuschwanstein was accurate in every detail, including the throne room, complete with swirling dancers.
We stayed the whole day, so as to get our moneys' worth. We were there before 10 when it opened, and we left at 9pm when the park closed. So it was a long day. The kids left happy, having experienced the whole thing to its full extent, and having their Lego collection enriched somewhat by our purchases. We bought Lego in bulk, like raisins at the grocery store. They sold it by wieght - 8 Euros per 100 grams. It turns out to be a pretty good deal if you pick the right stuff.
We got back to our camper in the parking lot - where we are now camping for the second night - satisfied and tired and maybe ready to move on to Rothenburg and Miltenburg, and other such medieval German towns along the Rhine.
