This past weekend, Jason and the kids had a 4 day weekend for Ascension Holiday. We decided to head to the Bavaria Region of Germany. It was about a 5 hour trip with 2 pit stops. The weather wasn't being very cooperative and we had a drizzling rain almost the whole way. This was my first picture that I took and it's funny because I saw at least 50 more that looked exactly like this.
We stayed our first night in Schwangau which is right outside the small town of Fussen. We decided to walk around the town of Fussen and it was a rainy afternoon. I was surprised to see a Woolworth. I could be wrong but I think they all closed in the U.S.
This church was beautiful.
I had read in our guide book about "Schneeballen". We all agreed that they looked yummy but they didn't really taste that great. We tried the cinnamon and sugar and it was very blah and a waste of calories.
Jason and Devin ordered a house specialty for dinner that night at the hotel. We had to take a picture. There were 4 round slabs of bacon on top of 4 pork chops which was piled on top of tons of spatzl in a mushroom cream sauce. It was huge (enough for 4 people) but they enjoyed it.
The next morning I had booked tours of the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles for Jason and the boys. They did not allow strollers inside the castles and there were quite a few steps. Kate and I stayed outside taking pictures and toured the gift shop while they did 35 minute tours of each. It never really rained on us but there were quite a few clouds. We were a bit worried that we were going to have another experience like when we were in Egypt with the pyramids and not be able to see any thing.
Neuschwanstein Castle was built by King Ludwig II in 1869 but it was never completed. If it looks familiar to you it is because it was the inspiration for the Disney World Castle. The following picture is looking at the castle from Hohenschwangau Castle.
The view from Mary's Bridge.
The view looking down from the bridge. It was definately a long way down.
This picture is of Hohenschwangau Castle where King Ludwig II grew up.
A picture of Mary's Bridge (Marien Brucke) from the Neuchwanstein Castle.
We had taken a 10 minute bus ride up to the "N" castle. It is a pretty steep walk and pushing Kate up one mountain was enough for us that day. On the walk back down we stopped and tried the "cream cheese" donuts. Now they were delicious and Lucas agreed!
I think the temperature was around 7 Celsius. However with all the walking we stayed pretty warm except for Kate. I am glad I remembered the blanket.
The boys really wanted some swords they saw at the gift shop up by the "H" Castle. Devin must have really wanted his because he made the 10 minute climb 3 times because he had to come back for more money. Jason got a picture of them walking down with their boxes. You could tell they had a spring in their step. They sure do like those swords. I'll post a picture tomorrow of them.
This is the view of the castle from the road on our way out of town. The next stop was Salzburg, Austria. Check back in to see those pictures.
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