Hotel Bergbauer Neuburg

... here and it was so long ago. this is the place where i fell in love with adventure sports. i also made some fantastic friends here thati am still in contact with now.

sorry i havent told you much about this trip but i will add more to it later and i will add pictures wich are worth alot more words than i could write!

Lost on the Romantic Road ....... sounds better than it was!!!

There is a road that runs from Wurzburg and winds through tiny 16th century villages, past rivers and churches for 250km or so to the Bavarian mountains. We had hired a car in Whurzburg to travel this road over a couple of days. We saw some beautiful scenery and visited many little churches (they have their own atmosphere apart from the grand cathedrals we have visited in the major cities.
Romantic Road, Bavaria, Germany neverold

Today we visited the tiny walled town of Berching...about 30 mins west of Parsburg. Berching is a historical town with a fully preserved town wall that was rebuilt in 1350...the first settlement was registered in 883, that it is more than 1100 years old! the wall is interspaced with towers and one of the towers has been converted into a 6-story apartment. the Rhine-Main ...

... somewhat by our purchases. We bought Lego in bulk, like raisins at the grocery store. They sold it by wieght - 8 Euros per 100 grams. It turns out to be a pretty good deal if you pick the right stuff.
We got back to our camper in the parking lot - where we are now camping for the second night - satisfied and tired and maybe ready to move on to Rothenburg and Miltenburg, and other such medieval German towns along the Rhine.

... closest I can get is Arnberg. To the east is the border with the Czech Republic.

We meandered along the Glas Strasse which is the most amazing place. It is an area which has been working with glass for more than 600 years in a whole variety of ways. Reidl glass, Zwiesel Glass and many other famous glass houses operate there. We saw some wonderful glass. One place especially was so awesome. A whole park full of glass and metal and wood sculptures - huge Alice ...

... over and down the road a bit. This was a proper cathedral as they had real candles with actual flames (most touristy churches/cathedrals) have now changed over to electric ones where you can insert your 10->50 cents to light one and make a prayer. The real candles look better. Spent the afternoon walking, talking, relaxing, checking internet again.

Took the train to Augsburg around midday and it took only an hour and a half to get there. Whilst on the train it started to look quite grey outside. As we were pulling into Augsburg the rain was coming down. We got wet getting from the train to the covered part of the station and once out of the rain got to see some flashes of light ...

Once we got back to Munich we found a beer house and had a great traditional German meal- schnitzel, potatoes and sauerkraut, eaten with a stein of course, and in my case it was half beer and lemonade. We then walked through the Residenz, the former Bavarian royal residence. The first building on this site was in 1385. The buildings consist of many architectural styles, including Baroque, Rococo ...

... where the barracks were set up but now are gone. To think that such horrible things were commited by humans was really a depressing thought. I visited the crematories and then the Jewish memorial, as well as the evangelical church (protestant) on site. There might've been a Catholic one, but I didn't remember it being there. Six million Jews, along with countless other political prisoners, Russian POWs, Gypsies were systematically enslaved and ...

... the locals to get the real Oktoberfest experience. All the boys went hard all day. John had something like 7 steins, so that's a hell of a lot of beer to have in one day. Even if it was over 9 hours. Michelle and Dave didn't even last that long, Dave had to carry Michelle home after she had a few steins. Everyone was all very drunk and we just had a blast. Everyone in the tent was up dancing on the chairs, singing and "prosting" with their big beer steins. The next ...