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Deepak's Site - Neu Schwanstien - The Schloss - Abha Deepak Mrinal - our visit to Germany July 2011

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This album has some photos of the most incredibly beautiful Schloss Neu Swanstein in Germany where we went with Mrinal. I have posted a description also on the photo album. Click on the link to go to the album!

Neu Schwanstien - The Schloss - Abha Deepak Mrinal - our visit to Germany July 2011

Mrinal drove us from Innsbruck, Ellbogen, Austria, to this beautiful Castle in Germany one day. The drive through the Austrian Alps was amazingly like a drive through the mountains of our dreams. Lush vegetation, beautiful villages and towns, incredible tunnels - one was 14 KM long, with lighting and superb roads and speeds of 80-90 KMPH even inside the tunnel - WOWEEEEE!
And then finally we had our first glimpse of this most beautiful of Castles of the world. In Germany they are called a Schloss - but I will use the word Castle. Lush meadows led us to the beautiful town at the base of the hills where it was built.
Everyone who has seen the great musical movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" must have been enthralled in the scene where the flying car flies over a castle and that castle was Neu Schawanstien! Find the You Tube link to the song - and enjoy the castle!
I will add to this blog in a while - but enjoy the photos till I manage to put in a more comprehensive description! We were not allowed to use the Flash in the Castle and it was not too brightly lit from inside to preserve the paintings and fresco in the Castle, so I am only posting the ones which were clear. Unfortunately the part of the movie where the car flies over the Neu Schwanstein Castle has been removed from You Tube due to some copyright infringement - but you all can see the movie all right when you get it.
AND ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, I saw a calender of the castle and was so impressed by its pristine beauty that I PAINTED THE NEU SCHWANSTIEN CASTLE WITH A ROCKY FACE, never having seen it and not knowing that one day I would actually be standing inside it.. I am posting that painting my me also in this album - albeit with a little artistic license ha ha
Deepak and Abha!!

SELIGENSTADT, GERMANY - ABHA DEEPAK VISIT WITH MRINAL PETRA ALBAN DANIEL

We went with Mrinal and Petra and their kids Alban and Daniel to SELIGENSTADT which is a beautiful Monastery near Frankfurt. We had great pastries at a cafe also. The most beautiful thing about that Monastery, aside from its beautiful medieval architecture, were the gardens. I am sure that the variety of plants and different variations of apples can not be found in any single garden anywhere, other then the Botanical Gardens of the Universities or the Government.
We were so happy there with the wonderful weather and the company of Petra and Alban and Daniel, that we remained smiles all the way. The Monks had cultivated an incredible assortment of rare medicinal herbs too. In a way it was like the Dream Garden that Abha carries close to her heart.!

REMBRANDT HOUSE MUSEUM - AMSTERDAM - MASHINDER ABHA DEEPAK JULY 2011

Mashinder drove us from his house at Hepstedt, Germany, to Amsterdam, which happens to be among the best and most wonderful cites in Europe we visited. Suffice it to say that it is "DIFFERENT" as I have described in the other album on Amsterdam.
The highlight of our visit to Amsterdam was the Wonderful Rembrant museum, which has been made in the very house he lived in.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)soːn vɑn ˈrɛin], 15 July 1606[1] – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history.[2] His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age.
Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, his later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high,[3] and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters.[4] Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. His self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity.[2]
In his paintings and prints he exhibited knowledge of classical iconography, which he molded to fit the requirements of his own experience; thus, the depiction of a biblical scene was informed by Rembrandt's knowledge of the specific text, his assimilation of classical composition, and his observations of Amsterdam's Jewish population.[5] Because of his empathy for the human condition, he has been called "one of the great prophets of civilization."[6]
The tour of the museum was fantastic, and we were given Voice Recorders which gave a running commentry on each painting in each room we visited. Rembrandt also had a great collection of busts of the head including a skull which must have helped him to paint the human face in true perspective. His studio where he painted showed all the original tools and brushes and palates he used along with the original paints he mixed. Once one has seen any of his paintings, one can but understand why he has been the greatest of the Dutch Master School of Artists.
We took many photographs, but since the lighting was dim and flash lights were not allowed, some are not so clear. But still they are all precious memories of a wonderful unforgettable visit to Amsterdam, and testimonials to the power of friendship which brought Mashinder and us together after 35 years without any contact!
Thank you Internet and technology which made it all possible.