Ferienhof Mair Bavaria

... It is possible to take a lift to the top, however the lift is supposedly quite expensive at over EUR 50 per person.

+ Mittenwald
This is a very colourful and quaint town close to Garmisch Patenkirchen. Mittenwald displays a lot of painted houses.

+ Wieskirche (near Steingaden)
This is a Catholic Pilgrimage Church, which is next to Linderhof Castle another MUST SEE in the ...

... the place in the decorations. After our tour, we decided to walk/hike up to the bridge where we could see a lot of people taking photos. It was well worth it as the view is most likely the same one that we saw in all the photos-the leaves were just starting to change color and in a couple more weeks would have been spectacular. They were still great colors now, though. After our 7 Euro parking fee!, we saw a night of canned food ...

... 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.

... into the kitchen, was set with food and dishes and came up for the King to eat. Most meals were several courses so the table went up and down many times. The next room was a small room with tapestries and then into the room of mirrors. It was incredible how the mirrors were matched on opposite sides of the room showing infinity when you looked into them.

The tour is now over and we go down and out to walk around ...

... too.
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.

... really celebrate it but there were a few people that were dressed up for the night. that set off our homesickness for awhile. after madrid we went to granada to stay with katies cousin for awhile. stayed a week and just relaxed and partied. it was great to be there with him and have a free place to stay! after the week, i was ready to get back to traveling and continue on our trip. next stop was barcelona. in barcelona i really wanted to go see a soccer ...

... people with a straight razor. At 18:00 there was a parade of the entertainers in the tournament, just to whet everyone's interest. Eventually I made my way to the "oriental" (i.e. Near Eastern) section of the grounds. In a pen were two dromedaries that the owners were allowing children to sit on - for free. It started to sprinkle about then, so I saw that as an excellent excuse to get under a tent and buy a glass of hot tea and some baklava. Then it was time to head to the ...

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.

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 ...

We went by car to Mittenwald and got at room at the Hotel Post. It was a nice room, but very narrow. It reminded me of a train compartment. There was a hail storm and it was rainy and cloudy. I bought ...