This photo is quite old…probably from one of my first visits to the lake in 2007. I was travelling with my brother, sister-in-law, and my elder nephew. It was their first visit to Germany. When I think about it, it seems like it was a different world. So much has changed in between – for better and for worse.

But the mountain stands as before – braving the ravages of wind, ice, and water. Just doing what its meant to do. I wish I could be the mountain and I knew what I am meant to do.

The Alpsee at the foot of Neuschwanstein & Hohenschwangau (Aug. 2007)