Hotel Eiskristall Füssen

... br>The only way to see the castle was by an organized tour, so we had to wait up at the top for awhile until our tour time-the views were more than enough to keep us occupied. The tour itself was a bit overwhelming-there were about 50 people and our tour guide had a very strong accent and was hard to hear, but at least we could see the inside of the castle, which was amazing. Ludwig had an obsession with swans and they were all ...

There are several large royal castlesin the immediate vicinity of the town of Füssen at the southern border of Germany (with Austria). The following weblink best describes these castles.

http://www.koenigswinkel.com/ koenigswinkel/castles/burg-neu.htm
< br>The most famous of these castles are

+ Castle Neuschwanstein
+ Castle Linderhof
Füssen, Bavaria, Germany reisender

We take a last daytrip together to beautiful, fairy tale Schloss Neuschwanstein. Fiona had visited before, but it was still a lovely day out together, and probably one of the last castles we will visit...we're definitely feeling a bit castled out.
Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany fiseb

From Freiburg I ended up heading across to Munich to meet up with a friend, Mark, who I met in Scotland. He decided that he wanted to drive so had hired a car and we spent the next few days travelling around Bavaria. Unfortunately the rain had set in yet again so that was a bit depressing.

We set out early in the morning from Munich and headed to Berchtesgaden which is right near the Austrian border. This is in the Bavarian Alps and is suppose to be very pretty ...

This was a lovely little place we stopped at on the bus tour to the castles. Unfortunately, being Sunday, most everything was shut (except for the souvenir shops that is). They have a woodcarving school there that I plan to stop at for a weeklong course on the next trip. But of course it was shut that ...

... the steep hike up. Since we didn't have to hurry to a tour right away, we managed to fit in a stop at the overlook towards Hohenschwangau and the Alpsee, as well as the fabulous view of the castle from Marienbrücke. Even still, we had to hustle a little to get to the front gate in time. The guide was more informative than last time I visited, but Mayu had to struggle some to understand her thick accent in the echoey ...

... seen it), which has helped solidify it in many Americans' minds as the prototypical castle-form with its soaring spires and turreted portico. It was commissioned by Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner, the King's inspiring muse. One of several Royal residences, this was to be his most grand, to the chagrin of many other powerful men in the government who felt the drain on the treasury was unwarranted. After only six months in ...

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.

... gorgeous and the views of it and from it are breathtaking.



After our tour we drove to Kempten and stayed at the Peterhof downtown. This was our first room with a tv...all German stations, of course!

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 ...