When I planned the trip I looked on the official Germany homepage to find the top 100 must sees. Of course, Castle Neuschwanstein was high on the list and I had decided to have a look at it. After living more the 30 years in Germany, I still had not seen it. And it turned out it stayed this way. But, for my defense, I drove up to the parking lot, had a look around, and was immediately discouraged by the crowd of people cuing up for the entrance. Well, I thought, I have seen it from the outside. This should do. There was another castel of our Bavarian King on my way, where he actually lived for some years. Thus, on I went. 
And I was not only rewarded with good weather but with a spectacular road and brilliant views. At the Plansee I had a cup of coffee and enjoyed the few for quite some time. The small and untraveled road ran through a narrow valley with dense forests on the slopes. 
In the middle of nowhere, In an nice broad part of the valley castle Linderhof lays beautiful in an only half arranged park. That is, only parts of the meadows are of the green grass you find in parks. Most parts are just wild alpine meadows full of all kinds of flowers. The guided tour around the villa was nicely made and very informative, if you don't know, like me, anything about the old Bavarian King Ludwig II. With a look around the place I started to like him whiteout out knowing anything else about him. 
On my way to the Walchensee heavy rain stoped me. Within a few minutes I was soaked to the skin and freezing. The nice light summer trousers were all but waterproof. I waited for the worse to pass and drove on with the Chimsee as my goal. I wanted to visit a friend of mine there and spent a day with her. 
It was a nice change to switch the bike for a sailboat for a day and thanks to the good weather Eva and I had a very enjoyable day. We visited Herrenchimsee, by the way, but after Linderhof this is just another castle in the same style. A bit bigger, maybe, but only half finished. 
The next day I drove on to Munich to see another friend of mine. We arranged a meeting in the English Garden and I was astound how close you can drive to Munich on single lane roads. Only 10 minutes I needed to drive on normal crowded city roads until I reached my destination. 
After a few very pleasant hours with Julien, Magda, her father and their little baby in a Beergarden I had to move on to meet another friend of mine at a lake close to Freising for some refreshing swim. I studied with Dana and we always had good time together. Thus, it is no wonder, that she is very open to the idea to drive as close to the Munich airport as possible. Said, done, after the swim we tried to find the closed point to the runway for landing planes and spent a good hour there just below the incoming planes. 
From Freising it was less then 100 km to Regensburg, my hometown, and I would have known all direct roads, which would have brought me home in less then an hour. But I relied on my motorcycles map and was curious on which road I would finally enter Regensburg. I have to say, the map made a good job and lead me on the only single lane road into Regensburg I know. But before I gave my self over to family and friends I stopped at a Beergarden just outside the city, the Walba at the Danube River. It was really a strange feeling to arrive there, not from a short trip, like I used to do for an afternoon cycle trip, but with roughly 1500 km in the bones. 
So here I was, back in Regensburg and finally at my parents place. It was the first time my mother saw me on the motorcycle and I guess I made quite some impression on her. But she did not hesitate and ask me to take her for a ride. I have to mention, she is beyond 70 years!