Walk to the Castles

Most people make a day trip from Munich to Füssen to see the Neuschwanstein Castle. You can catch a bus right at the train station to the castle however I decided I wanted to stay in Füssen instead. I found that you can walk/hike to the castles instead of taking an overcrowded city bus. I asked around at the hostel to see if anyone has done that. No one had but a guy from Australia wanted to walk too so we got lunch for later and headed out in the morning. It was lovely. Not difficult by any means.

First we crossed the river

We passed this lovely church

Next we come up to this:

The view of Füssen

Inside:

This is a lovely walk; you pass a couple of lakes

Make sure to bring water though. We saw this water source along the path however there was a sign in germen: do not drink.

We got a little turned around at one point however you can see the castle so it was easy to find it. The little “town” where you get dropped off if you take the bus is where you buy tickets if you want to go inside the castles. There are two castles the Neuschwanstein Castle and the Hohenschwangau Castle. The Hohenschwangaucastle is the smaller of the two. We started there. We did not go in the castle but walked around it and the gift shop in the castle.

The view of the “town” from the castle.

This is in the castles gift shop:

This is when I discovered my phone for some reason did not charge during the night and died! I did not get anymore pictures but I decide I’d come back the next day to take pictures. We went on to the big castle, it was amazing plus you can go up into the courtyard without paying. We then went to Marienbrücke (Mary’s Bridge). You can get great pictures of the castle here however there is a ton of people. Keep going pass the bridge and up the hiking trail. Not too far up is an even better view of the castle. I’ll post picture in my next post about the castles. We unfortunately interrupted a marriage proposal at this view point. We ended up taking their picture for them though. This was a great place to eat lunch. We then headed back to town. On the way back the guy from the hostel (I can’t remember his name) joined the locals in a swim in one of the lakes. There were a lot of locals out enjoying the weather. Thankfully we left when we did because a thunder storm moved in and it started to pour.

To be continued: dinner, renaissance festival, and more castles.

Okay, let’s start planning!

I want to buy my plane ticket in January so I need to figure out where I’m flying into and where to fly out. But I am having a horrible time deciding. My first trip this last summer was so amazing I’m a little worried my luck will run out this next time. Any of you feel that way after your first trip aboard or I’m I just crazy? I know I am crazy!

I started thinking of going somewhere completely different, like Japan. But I really want to go to Croatia. Croatia looks so beautiful. I want to see Zagreb, the Plitvice Lakes, and Krka National park. I would like to find a nice seaside town to end my visit to Croatia then I was thinking of taking a ferry to Italy. I would love to stay in Sorrento and see Pompeii then end my trip in Rome.

I’m not sure where to start this trip. I was thinking of starting in Prague or Budapest. But I’m getting nervous about traveling to those places alone for some reason. Do you think they are safe for a solo female traveler? Any other ideas of places to start my trip?

I started a Pinterest board of the places that looks like a great place to go. The cool thing is adding the map, which really helps to see the distance between each place. I do love traveling around to many different places. I try to stay at least 3 nights in each place though. I’m planning on going for 3 ½ weeks leaving at the end of August.