Sept. 23, 2010

Today after class we went on a boating tour down the Danube River. As we watched the land crawl by we were given bits of information from the captain of the boat. We boated all the way over to the “Pagan Palace” or Walhalla built by King Ludwig I. This palace, built in the Greek style in the 1800s was built to look like a Greek Temple, imagine that. Inside this beautiful palace rests the bests of famous Germans throughout the years. Among the many are Beethoven, Mozart, Goethe, and Einstein. Years ago the state would fund for a bust to be made, but nowadays it is private funding that covers this. One bust cost approximately 2,000-3,000 dollars. And a bust has to meet the requirements to have a bust. It must be “worthy” enough. One of the requirements would be that they must be German speaking. So every 5 years they erect a new bust. Therefore there are a lot of busts in this palace! There are 130 to be exact. The architecture of this palace was stunning, and so out of place in Germany. I loved it.