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No description Ooops. I forgot to write this until I got back from Germany. We'll see how much I really remember... Today it was cloudy again and threatened to rain so we postponed going to the Zugspitze until Thursday. So we headed to Lake Chiemsee which is east of Garmisch almost to Salzburg, Austria. There is another Army Resort there and the lake also has an island with another of King Ludwig II's castles on it. Once we got there we bought tickets to get on the ferry to head to the island called Herren Chiemsee. Once on the island we had lunch at a nice little restaurant and then hiked for about 15 minutes to the castle/palace of King Ludwig II. The palace was meant to be a close replica of the Palace of Versailles in France. King Ludwig decorated it in order to honor the "Sun King" of France who built the palace of Versailles. The castle was not fully completed but the parts that were completed were elegant. Lots of handcarved wood and beautiful chandeliers. One of the chandeliers is made of porcelain and is the largest porcelain chandelier ever made. After touring the castle we ferried back to the shore and headed back to Garmisch. It was late, so we had dinner and then went to bed.