My first full day in Germany actually did not belong to me at all. Why you might ask? Let me map it out for you. In one corner we have a jetlagged American experiencing some heavy culture shock, and therefore needing some time to breathe and adjust. In the other, a middle child who turned eight that exact day. Whose priorities do think won out there? So on Thursday we headed to Chiemsee, a popular lake in Bavaria about a half hour away.