Neuschwanstein

A nice short drive today, to Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria. We took the scenic route, which due to some road closures, resulted in an even more scenic route through the countryside. We stopped to take some photos of the countryside and were treated to a show by a frisky bull. After about an hour and a half, we had arrived at the town below Neuschwanstein. We parked the car and bought tickets to enter the castle. It was a 40 minute walk up the mountain to the Castle, which we did quite easily. I did get pretty puffed but am also hindered by a head cold which I seem to have picked up. The castle was built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who died under suspicious circumstances at age 40 while it was still being constructed. As a result not many of the rooms are completed, so the tour was quite short. Afterwards we climbed further up the mountain to a bridge which stretched over a waterfall and also then down a winding path that follows the water. It was some amazing forest and Daniel had a blast using the new camera. We took some pictures of identical scenes using the new and old camera and the new one is just so amazing, with 20x digital zoom meaning you can photograph things not even visible to the naked eye.

(zoom on new camera vs zoom on old camera)

After our pleasant walk, we drove the 7 km to Fussen where we are staying our last night in Germany. We walked into town and enjoyed a fantastic meal, of spare ribs and pork cordon bleu. We will have to hit the gym pretty hard for the next couple of weeks to work off the amazing German food we have enjoyed. An early night tonight as we are so full to the brim and are both a bit under the weather. Tomorrow we will return our hire car and head back to London. Daniel will be back to work on Monday and I will be in Welwyn for about 2 weeks before heading off on my next trip.