Parkhotel Bad Faulenbach Füssen

... drowning in the lake near Munich is still a bit of a myth in Germany. It was a 45 minute walk uphill, but for 6 Euros we could take a horse drawn carriage-we jumped at the chance. It was a memorable ride and only the second time we had taken one-the first being right after we were married! It wasn't a private ride but the tourists who shared the ride with us also shared in our giggles at the constant ******* of the horses :)
Füssen, Bavaria, Germany armajor7

It took a full day of bumpy and squeaky train rides to make it to Fussen but it was worth it...in my opinion (Andrea). Brian left the castle saying, "Eh, it was alright." But seeing the famed real Disneyworld castle has always been a dream to see.

We met up with a couple from San Francisco to split a cab since we had virtually no time to wait for the bus to take us up the mountain. They were pretty cool and even bought us a round of beers on our way out Fussen ...

... 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.

Neuschwanstein Castle is the castle many little girls dream of and hey who knows, perhaps a lot of little boys too. It's the castle Disney has copied and made known as the 'The' castle of farytales. But the real Neuschwanstein Castle is nestled on a hillside near a small town called Fussen in southern Germany. It's a few hours by train from Munich & a short bus ride takes you from the train station to the base of the hills where Neuschwantein caslte ...

... t find even a single seat, so we ended up standing near the doors. Good thing it's only a 45 minute ride, and that was enough time for the girl to give me her interesting life story. She's Russian, and from a circus family. Born in Moscow, her family started touring when she was 5, and she was able to see a lot of Europe while growing up. Over the years, she's learned to speak Czech, English, German, and Romani (I think that's what she said ...

... bag and head to the train station in time to get the 10am bus to the Castle. The bus stops at the bottom of the hill and I walk to the ticket booth. There are two castles close to eachother and if you do both there is a discount. I of course choose to do both. Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau are the two castles they mean something to do with swans, I really wasn't paying much attention when they told us about their names. It ...

... I would have imagined, and it was about a half hour walk from the many parking lots to the top. Still quite an amazing sight as you could tell from the throngs and throngs of people coming by trains, buses, and cars in all directions. It was a decent day too, with one or two sun showers and threatening clouds all day, but generally perfect weather. I didn't actually go into the castle as it was ridiculously overpriced and just a blatant cash grab by the Germans as the only ...

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 ...