After a very "pleasant" train ride through the lakes district of Austria, we stopped at Hallstatt where we took a ferry across the lake to get to the town. We found a guest house where the owner was super nice and they had a museum of items that were found at the bottom of the lake which included a number of Nazi and war relics! He recommended a good restaurant, so we went. I got fresh fish caught from the lake which was amazing (something about the water conditions as to why the fish was so amazing). We took a walk around the area and came across a "bone church" and Megan made friend's with a cat (what's new). On our hike up the mountain to the top of the salt mines, we saw a dope ... read more

We took a day trip to see King Ludwig ll's hood. The place he grew up in, Hohenschwangau Castle, was really cool on the inside, it was very ornate with super detailed sculptures and the heating system was pretty rad...basically, the heaters in each room had a crawl space leading to them so that they could be refilled with wood without disturbing whomever was in that room...could you imagine? gee gholly! Kind Ludwig's work-in-progress, Neuschwanstein Castle, was a lot nicer to see on the outside, but not so much on the inside. We had more pretzels and Megan put ketchup on hers...eww. Either way, the whole area was very picturesque and pseudo-Disneyland, and the crowds of annoying ass shitheads elbowing their way to see it, made the whole experience less than ideal...I would not visit this ... read more

We gots on the train to Germany! We stopped in Cologne...gots some coffee and checked out a bad-ass Cathedral! Good thing it was Easter or we may have not gotten in. We get on a train to Koblenz where we took a cruise down the Rhine river, passing different medieval towns with castles n'at, making our way to the small town of Bacharach. In Bacharach (I think their mayor's name is Burt...heehaw), we took a stroll, saw some hobbits and even ate dinner where we were served by a hobbit! It was all pretty cool, but kind of awkward, cause we were the only people there that weren't old.... read more

We awake to our first inclusive breakfast of the trip and we were going to have to get used to it...bread, cheese, bread, cold cuts, bread, jam, bread, yogurt, bread, muesli, bread, juice...bread. No, but seriously...BREAD! So we checked out the famous Van Gogh and dropped by Anne Frank's crib for a sobering experience. I had to eat the quintessential fries and mayo...megan had fries and curry ketchup cause she despises MAYO! I made the mistake of walking around a shit ton in my Van's slip-ons, and my feet got swollen like a fat lady with cankles. ... read more

Yet another very memorable moment! So we decided to go to a nearby market and check out the food options and it started to rain. We figured, no big deal! Then maybe, within like 20 seconds, it started raining harder than either of us had ever seen. Even though we were still sooo close to our guest house, it was raining too hard and the streets were flooding instantly so we ran into the closest we saw....unfortunately, it was an open air bar below ground level. So we sat down at the first open table we saw, which we soon had to move back from due to the "intruding" rain. We ordered our food and were served beer. As we drank and waited, the rain continued to pour and the flooding on the streets made it's ... read more