Day: 322 The Castles of Schloss Neuschwanstein and Schloss Hohenschwangua are some of Bavaria’s biggest tourist pulls. Fortunately for me its not the high season of summer, but that still didn’t stop a plethora of tourists from appearing by the bus loads. I walked (all 12 kilometers r/t). Anyways it was a rather mellow day [...]
Day: 321 After a great few days hanging out with Markus, I set out this morning to try and catch a few more “must see” Bavarian tourist attractions. The unfortunate part is that Markus wasn’t driving us at insane speeds, so I had to get on the train and spend the days best hours there [...]
Day: 320 I woke up at 10:30am, and during the next three hours while Markus slept I was able to finally catch up on editing blog pictures and writing. By the time he woke up and we ate our brunch, it was pushing 3pm. We decided on a little more hiking for the afternoon and [...]
Day: 319 Markus, intent on making sure I hit every important spot in the region, had us out early to find some local culture and history. Starting with his local farmers market, followed by a castle and the old town of Tubingen; I was exhausted by the time we were drinking coffee, eating Black Forest [...]
Day: 318 The engine purred. My palms were slightly sweating, I glanced over at the calm German sitting next to me at the steering wheel; absolutely calm; my eyes drift down to the speedometer, 190KPH (118 miles per hour). The lane next to us opens up, and without even blinking, Markus shifts his new Mercedes [...]
Day: 317 Also on vacation this week, Markus, was keen to do a little hiking in the Bavarian Allgau Forest; He had stated as much in his e-mail, and I was wonderfully thankful to have a local guide, instead of getting jammed in with the tourist crowds at the normal spots. We spent a couple [...]
Day: 316 I woke up this morning with full intent to follow out the plan I made yesterday. Fortunately the world conspired against me. No room at the hostel in the forest, no one answered the phone at the hostel in Regensburg. Frustrated, because all the trains were leaving soon, I hit the internet cafe [...]
Day: 315 Well, I thought, I like beer, and I like flesh, so why not order something named bierfleisch? After a day of doing chores, sleeping in, napping, taking pictures and trying to plan my next Bavarian move, I had decided to treat myself to a nicer dinner. This is exactly what Aaron was trying [...]
Day: 314 I heard his alarm go off…. Damn 3:30am already. I had told my brother I would walk with him down to the train station to see him off on what I had been grooming him for all week. Solo travel. Aaron’s mission was to somehow manage to get from Salzburg, Austria, transfer trains [...]
Day: 313 As far as offensive titles go, my trip up to Eagles Nest in Berchtesgaden forced me to hang out in Hiltler’s shadow. At first the shadow was all we thought we’d get. It was supposed to look like this, but all we saw was fog. Eventually I found the panorama map so I [...]
