Euro Park Füssen

... first along the pristine Plansee, and later through the Ammer Valley. 50 mins later, you reach Linderhof. <br><br>+ Garmisch-Partenkirchen<br>This touristically famous village is a town at the foothills of Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain with a height of 2900 meters. Garmisch is a modern town. The old town of Partenkirchen is picturesque. <br><br>+ Zugspitze<br>Highest mountain of ...

We stopped on the way to the castles to climb to the top of the castle above our campsite, which gave us a nice view of the green lake below. We reached the castles in Germany after lunch but due to the fact that they both closed at 5pm, we decided to choose one to do a tour. My favorite by far was the Neuschwanstein, which I had seen in photos and heard that the Disneyland castle was inspired by. We learned a lot about Ludwig II ...

... The Schloss is the last stop on the Romantic Road in Germany. There were many Japanese tourists, which was fun for us to see. Unfortunately one side of the castle was under repair, but it was still beautiful to see the castle in its lush surroundings.

... which mountain was the Zugspitze. Finally we turned a corner and there it was. Attila thought it was quite amusing as I identified at least three other peaks as the Zugspitze before finding the legitimate one.<br><br>The Zugspitze is the highest peak in Germany, but we decided to ascend from the Austrian side as it was 10Euros cheaper and Rick said it was less crowded. Good enough for me! The Austrain gondola takes you up the mountain (all 2600 meters of it ...

... too.<br>The rest of the tour took us to Linderhof castle and Neuschwanstein castle. What magical looking places they were. Neuschwanstein is the castle Walt Disney uses the sillohette of at the start of his movies. Anyway, after the trip it was back to Munich for a day or so and then on the plane home.

... having a beer and eating ice cream. There were kids games set up in the streets like blow-up bouncing areas, trampolines, there was a group of men playing a saxophone, trombone, drums, tuba, and singing songs down another direction. It was great. You could have spent the whole day just wandering around this town nevermind the major attraction 5km down the road. Then it was back to Munich where I've now packed up my stuff as best I can for leaving tomorrow morning. Off ...

... guided tour. Tickets are only available from the ticket centre. In summer you must arrive by 8.30am or earlier to ensure you get a ticket (limited number sold per day). Nevertheless, you can book tickets in advance by phone or online. With the Royal Ticket (approx. 17 Euros), you can visit both castles the same day. First you visit the parents' castle of King Ludwig II, Hohenschwangau and approximately 2 ...

Another work conference for my parents brought us to Oberammergau for a week. We stayed in the cutest little wooden cottage - like the whole thing ceiling to floor and including flowering window boxes was made out of wood! Totally picturesque like you've read about in Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Aromatic town bakery. Absolutely enchanting.

<br>Today we drove up into the mountains to see the fairy tale castle, Neuschwanstein. This is another of Ludwig's castles, this one unfinished, and served as the inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle. It ...

... napkins. <br> <br><br>We toured Linderhof, one of crazy King Ludwig's castles. It's the only one that was finished before he died. Even though it wasn't sunny, Rick made some gorgeous pictures.