Sunday, September 22, 2013

Beautiful Bavaria

 Nate and I had a long day of driving ahead of us from Wurzberg to Fussen so we stopped at a "Mozart Cafe" and stuffed ourselves in order to give us fuel for the day.  This is my dream kind of meal: An overflowing cheese and meat plate, fruit, yogurt and buttery croissants.  Yum!

We used our car to drive down through Bavaria, weaving our way on skinny twisting roads through fields upon fields of wheat which is used to make their delicious "weiss" beer.   Other common sights were big boxy houses, tall slanted roofs, darling little inns and plenty of flowers lining the windows.

















We visited Rothenberg which has its original wall going around the central part of city.  You can walk inside the wall in order to get a wonderful view of the rooftops.










This was one of the only days of our whole trip that contained quite a bit of rain.  Rain jackets and coffee helped us deal the Pacific Northwest-type drizzle.


Fussen is in southernmost Bavaria nestled up against the Alps.  We stayed for one night in a darling bed and breakfast with views of the mountains stretching up in front of us.  The main attraction of this cute little town is the famous castle built for Ludwig Van II.  


















This bridge we were standing on  was shaking from all the people on it and the boards moved under our feet.  We got off it as soon as possible!


Neuschwanstein Castle was built for Ludwig II of Bavaria.  This castle was one that inspired Disney when he created the fantasyland castle later on.  The panoramic views from up there were gorgeous.