Day 9 - Neuschwanstein and Fussen. After the deluge of the night before the day dawned bright and warm and I took an early stroll along to the beautiful Forgensee whilst she slept off the beer and jaegerschnitzel of the night before. Later, we unloaded the bikes and cycled towards Schwangau to find Mad King Ludwig's fairy-tale castle of Neuschwanstein, used in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and plastered on thousands of pieces of Bavarian tourist tat. We got lost (of course) on some badly marked
trails, but found some lovely villages and a display of old fire engines, so getting lost is no bad thing. Eventually we
arrived and joined the hordes of tourists on the relentless climb to the castle
- and it was hard going. We then bimbled along to the Marienbrücke bridge (the suspension footbridge behind the castle) - another arduous climb. This bridge (which is older than the castle) is named after Ludwig's mother and spans the gap over a waterfall nearly 100 metres below. We took the less tourist-packed off-piste route back to the small town and a well-deserved beer and currywurst in the Biergarten. Once again, we got lost going back to Fussen and ended up climbing
yet another mountain, but we did go past some very attractive lakes and ended
up 500m from Austria. Still, we arrived home safely, did some shopping and
cycled back into town for a swift half before heading home again for dinner.
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| Forgensee |
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| Lost? |
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| Hohenschwangau Castle |
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| Neuschwanstein |
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| Lech Falls |
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| Hohes Schloss (High Castle) |
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