It started with a GPS that was not quite up-to-date. So we winged it and managed to make it to where we were going with ample time. Speaking of wings... I may or may not have got the rental car beyond the takeoff speed of a light aircraft. Mercedes are made for the Autobahns aren't they. However, it was a little surprising to have a trail bike scream past, not quite sure how that happened.
There were only a few times that we jumped in the car and thought some prick had stolen the steering wheel, only to realise it was on the other side. Lucky we worked that out before hitting the high speed roads. Ryan and Clyde found the steering wheel thing, very helpful indeed.
Neuschwanstein Castle (New Swan Stone) was a little bit impressive. King Ludwig II sounded like a complete nutter, but it makes sense why Disney designed something similar in Los Angeles. Ye ol' Ludwig was all a bit of a fairtale dreamer by the sounds of it, but he knew how to decorate his place. He was into Oprah, no I mean opera and swans....lots of swans... sounds like a weeee bit of a poof to me.
The castle was that way...
The view was kind of average, with his Mum and Dad in the castle down the road, painted in that awful Rental-Beige colour. They seemed to have an awful view too...
The walk up to Ludwigs place was breathtaking. No, seriously it was a bit of a slog that required well timed 'photo breaks'. Again, the scenery was alright.
Dodging horse crap made it an exciting climb up to the castle...
Our language skills are coming along and we even ordered lunch speaking the local lingo. Not sure what I ordered, but the ham sandwich that came to the table was really nice...as too was the Black Forest!
So, on to Innsbruck. Love, love, looooove this place. Once we had found the hotel (by coincidence), we decided to hop on the hop on hop off bus, careful with that part of the sentence, you may spit your teeth out. if reading aloud. Another town, with some rather odd history. Mr Maximillion ran the place back in the olden days and seemed to be a rather interesting character that couldn't keep things in his pants, which is rather strange as one would assume that pants and other vital clothing would have been difficult to get off back then.
It was really cool to see the sites for 2 previous Winter Olympics, quite incredible for such a small place and the 'old town' is simply stunning.
The Goldenes Dachl is a popular place. Good old Emperor Maximillion had this build as quite recently as 1500 AD, to commemorate the marriage to his first missus.
It would be great to visit this stunning city once again, maybe during the winter months. it's just as stunning at night.
Well, it is time for sleep. Tomorrow Ryan drives the Autobahn to Salzburg and we celebrate a very special milestone.
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