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By Kristi and Jason
December 9th 2008

Christmas time in Germany! Fussen is a must see!

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Left to Fussen!

This past weekend Jason had a 3 day weekend thanks to the celebration of the Immaculate Conception in Italy. We decided to drive up to Fussen Germany for a little pre-Christmas cheer. Germany is known for its huge Christmas markets and we were excited to see a little snow in the mountains and explore the castles of Fussen. We left right after my pasta making class on Friday and drove straight through for 5 hours to Fussen. The end of the drive was actually quite scary as we drove through the curvy mountain roads of Austria in the dark and fog. [View Full Entry]

By dreamscometrue
October 4th 2008

A day in Füssen

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Going to FÃ¼ssen
Oct. 4th 2008

I spent the Saturday with shopping and photographing in Füssen. Although the weather was a little disaster ;) [View Full Entry]

By DanMons
August 14th 2008

11th Aug - Fussen

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Chipmunk
We think?!

Tonight we are writing from in our car beside the lake near Fussen watching another thunder storm - so much for summer weather! We packed up camp this morning in Munich and decided to head into the city centre - ummm....yip, that was another mission - you see the Germans, besides driving fast and being a kind-of rude race of people, like to have signs spontaneously along stretches of road which seems to stop when you get to an important intersection. So you start following signs to the ‘zentrum’ and then all of a sudden you’re lost in who-knows-where with not [View Full Entry]

By wndrlst13
June 15th 2008

Mad King Ludwig's Digs

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WOW! Talk about a dazdreamer! Not sure if he was reallz crayz or not, but from the looks of the inside of the castle he had built, he definitelz lived in a verz imaginative world. We had an easz daz of castle-seeing. A two hour train ride south to Fussen, near the Austria border. The weather started out pleasant, then turned rainz again. We are readz to move into warmer climate, as we head South to Venice via overnight train on Mondaz night. Right now, though, we are finishing up some last minute reservations and travel arrangements, and most importantlz - [View Full Entry]

By freeyeah14
March 30th 2008

the Dream that You Wish will Come True

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Narnia
Actually, its Fussen in the snow

Here's installment #2 of my latest vacation! Monday March 17, we took a train from Salzburg to Füssen, Germany. We got to the little town of Füssen. It was raining. We found the tourist information office to find a place to stay. There was a youth hostel, but check-in time was not until five. We had about four hours to do nothing in the rain. Since we were in Budapest, I had wanted to buy some cool European boots. Finally, I did just that. It is a good thing I did too, because it started snowing soon after. When it was [View Full Entry]

By Zigeuner
January 1st 2008

Last Day of the Eastern European Jaunt

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Early Morning on the Balcony
Each of our rooms had a nice big balcony with a lovely view of the river. The snow along the railing helped us cool our beers and chocolate bars.

Another New Year and one last chance to enjoy German hospitality, food and beer. Too bad that this is a holiday and not many places are expected to be open for business. Nevertheless we got out of bed before nine primarily because we had booked this particular place due of its location and buffet breakfast. The breakfast room was indeed huge and there were a number of tables with breakfast foods. But compared to many of the smaller Zimmer Freis and Gasthofs we had stayed in, this was a slight disappointment. I was happy to build a nice meat and [View Full Entry]

By Zigeuner
December 31st 2007

Day Twelve - A Very Busy Day

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Doug's on a Walkabout
Knowing Gail could be in Swarovski's for hours, I decided to take a look around the old side streets and alleys around the Goldenes Dachl. You can see some of the booths that were set up for the Chri... [more]

This day was going to involve quite a bit of driving and with the typically nasty weather of Southern Bavaria we couldn't be too sure what we might encounter. Making things a bit hairier was the fact that we had to get to Innsbruck (115 miles away) as early as possible because of the expected early store closings on New Year's Eve. When I put this itinerary together the only "must see" for Gail was getting some shopping time in the Innsbruck Swarovski crystal shop. We also knew from past experience that finding a place to eat dinner on New Year's [View Full Entry]

By mnmhull
December 27th 2007

No wonder it inspired Disney...

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Matt at Neuschwanstein
Waiting for the tour to start

Dan and Ali came back to Germany with us from Arabba so on the way home we stopped and did some sightseeing. We stopped in Fussen to see Castle Neuschwanstein, which was actually the inspiration for the Cinderella Castle at Disneyland. It's absolutely incredible and is exactly what you think of when you picture a fairytale castle. The castle was built by King Ludwig II and wasn't begun until 1969. It took them 17 years to construct it and it was actually never finished because Ludwig was declared insane and died before he could complete it. The castle was meant as [View Full Entry]

By Inspirado
December 16th 2007

Happy 300th Blog Entry!

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Suck on this!
Jude gets stuck into some serious icicle sucking!

Well stone me, I can hardly believe that this here is about to be my 300th blog entry! To everyone who has followed our adventures around the world, I'd like to say a huge big THANK YOU for all your support and many messages. With the impending move to NZ on the horizon, there will be plenty more to read about, I'm sure :-) Right, back to the business of my recent trip to Munich and Neuschwannstein Castle.... After our magical visit to the famous Neuschwannstein Castle yesterday, it was wonderful to have the morning greet us with clear blue skies [View Full Entry]

By kmorningstar
October 10th 2007

Bavarian Castles, Day 9

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Neuschwanstein, Ludwig II's dream home

So…like I said before, European hotels LIE about having internet access!! So here I am, already back from my trip…but I’m committed to finishing my blog. So here goes. On day 9, we picked up our rental car and sped to Bavaria Germany. When I say “sped,” I mean it!! We spent the morning on the autobahn, which Jeremy loved. I think our top speed was 125 mph, and even then, some of the other cars sped right by us like we were standing still. It wasn’t scary though - the roads are in really good condition, and if you don’t [View Full Entry]

Horse and carriage, that at least pulled us up ONE of the hills....

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