Travels

On Monday morning we started our train ride to Fussen, which is located in the southern part of Germany. We arrived that evening. We made our way to our hotel and found that it was set on a beautiful lake. It was a little out of town, but it turned out to be a wonderful place to stay. The view was amazing. From the balcony you could see the lake and the mountains behind it.

We soon got hungry so we walked to this small German resturaunt close to our hotel. There we indulged in German beer and schnitzel. It was very delicious. We ended up taking a few beers back to the room with us and just hanging out.

The next morning we got up in time to catch the bus to the two castles we would see on our trip. As we were on the bus, you could see Neuschwanstein, the “Disney” castle, in the distance. It was exciting. All the tourist in our bus were pointing at the building. We arrived in the small town and went immediately to the ticket line. It was not very long. Then we started our journey up to the first castle. It was the smaller of the two. We toured this castle. This was a summer home for the royal family that lived in Munich, back in the late 1700s, early 1800’s. It was very nice but much smaller than the other castle located in the city.

When we were finished seeing the first place, we decided to take the bus to the next place. As you looked at the castle from far, it looked like a huge distance away. But once we got to the top it wasn’t that far. When we go to Neuschwanstein we looked up and it was so big. I couldn’t believe it. Then we went through the castle, and everything was so elaborate. It was definitely a cool site to see. After this we walked down from the castle. (my calves hurt today) It was a good day of site seeing.

Today we saw the town of Fussen and then traveled by train to Switzerland. That is where we are now. We arrived after 10pm so all we could see was the shadows of the mountains. Should be a wonderful site in the morning.