Blogs from Fussen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

We woke up on Tuesday morning, the 23rd, to rain and fog. Our excursion for today was to travel to the top of Germany's highest mountain, The Zugspitze. Needless to say the trip was cancelled as there was no visibility on the mountain top thus the transportation to the top was not operating. This now gave us the whole day free in Fuessen. Our first adventure was to search for two geocaches a short distance away in a little park. It looked innocent enoughuntil we found we were climbing almost straight uphill. The rain had brought out both snails and slugs on the path. From the path we got a look at the Forggensee off in the distance. After a successful climb up and back down we returned to our room for a bit before venturing ... read more

We ate our last breakfast in the Donauworth Hostel, then packed up and hit the road. We'd decided to make one stop on our way to Fussen, at the world famous Weiskirche. It lies between Steingaden and Wildsteig, about 30 kilometers from Fussen. Most of the trip there was on 4-lane roads or at least occasional 3-laned, so it didn't take us long to get there, even with the occasional tractor on the road. Yes, quite often you will see a farm tractor ambling along a busy highway in Germany. The Weiskirche was built in the 1740s to house a statue of the scourged Savior that had reportedly shed tears. Since then, millions of pilgrims have visited this church, supposedly a million or more a year recently. The church was very impressive both outside and inside. ... read more

Julie and I have 3 nights here in the Hotel Sonne. Very comfortable with a fantastic breakfast buffet that is comprehensive and indeed as complete as we have encountered anywhere. The service is terrific from desk to wait staff in the hotel (pretty good outside in the beer garden) but the place is quirky. A couple of the photos show period costume mannequins and to put it bluntly they are a little spooky. They lurk around corners in the passage and really all over the place. There's one that guards our door! The hotel is known for its art and its idiosyncratic decorating styles and well it probably should be. There's a paper wedding dress in the 'romantic' dining room, there's grass carpet on the walls of the lift, there are very non German paintings all ... read more

We're here. But really nobody wants to know that because around here it's all about Neuschwanstein Castle and Hohenschwangau Castle. We walked to the castles, through the car park and ticket centre and past the castles. We left about 1000 people behind and will rejoin the throng on Monday where we will have to be up early to get in front of at least the majority of them. Booking is so heavy that we could not book on the internet despite trying a week or so ago. Tours operate from 8 till 5 seven days a week so it will give you some idea of how many people go through these castles. walking to and from them is a good introduction to them as they seem to magically appear, disappear and reappear as our walking track ... read more

Dag 4 – donderdag 15 juni 2017 – Füssen Vandaag verplaatsing naar Füssen, zuidelijk eindpunt van de Romantische Strasse. Volgens de toeristische brochures de hoogstgelegen Stad van Beieren (830m), gelegen aan de Lech en een groot stuwmeer, de Forggensee vlakbij de Oostenrijkse grens. Wat we niet wisten is dat het vandaag hier een feestdag is, Corpus Dei of Sacramentsdag voor onze katholieken. We zagen het gisteravond al aankomen aan de vollopende camperplaats in Nesselwang. Warm en een lang week-end in Z-Duitsland. De Duitse Campers komen buiten. Ook hier in Füssen werd al in de vroege namiddag de toegang tot de Camperplaats afgesloten. Voll. Wij waren vroeg genoeg en konden dus nog kiezen. 's Namiddags maakten we een korte fietsrit naar dé bezienswaardigheid van de streek. De burcht kastelen Slot Neuschwanstein en Slot Hohenschwangau. Te met... read more