Wednesday, June 28, 2023

To Neuschwanstein

This nutella-pretzel thing was really good.

The trip to the castle and back to Munich took 6+ hours between the trains and the buses. It was a long day.

There was this cool shop of just vending machines. We got drinks and a Snickers.
The scenery and homes are often picturesque. I was wondering why the rolling hills were often grass, and mowed grass at that, and found out that the government pays the owners to keep it that way.

There are no pictures allowed inside, and that's a shame since it was an amazing place. There's lots of paintings and artworks commemorating medieval Germany. After all that traveling and waiting, the tour was around 20 minutes long and there were tourists everywhere.

A "Bavarian" sandwich we brought along from the train station. Not bad.

 The beauty of Bavaria.

Some delicious ice cream, chocolate and spaghetti eis. The spaghetti was definitely way better.

Mainz

We stopped at the botanical garden in the morning. Some great inspiration for when we get ba...