Füssen

From München (aka Munich) I took the train out to Füssen. I had a failed attempt to take the train out to a small town from Salzburg to go see something. That time I got off the train and there were no tourist information points, no directions to anywhere, and no employees at the train station. I didn't want to take a bus because I didn't know where I needed to go. So, I took the train back to Salzburg.

This time, however, I decided I would rent a bike and take it on the train. I rented a bike in Munich and took it on the train to head out to Füssen. My trip out to Füssen was a much different story than my trip out to Golling. There were many English speaking people on the train and everyone was headed to the same place I was. Also, as soon as I got off the train there was a mountain bike shop. I figured with my cruiser bicycle I might look like a local since I obviously didn't rent it at the bike shop in town. After taking my bike out quite a ways where the path got pretty steep, I felt I looked more like an idiot, sitting upright and with my arms wide open riding on a cruiser up a mountain. Then I figured maybe I looked the local idiot which would have been fine. I'm just teasing. I didn't care what I looked like, I was having fun. I was very glad I rented the bike.

Also, I had the intention of doing some biking through Scotland and going on a tour or something. Well, here in Munich they advertised all over for a tour out to where I was going. The bike shop I was renting the bike from advertised it. The tour was 49 Euro though! When I was renting the bike for 12 Euro the guy asked if I was doing any tours, I replied no I wasn't going to do any tours and he said, "Well, you don't get a discount then." Haha... a discount on a €12 bike rental after paying €49. Anyway, I was talking about Scotland biking. Well, it took me until now to know what to do with my stuff when I am not staying in town for the night. I stayed in Füssen last night but I didn't want to take all my stuff out there, and on the bike too, so I just checked it into a locker here at the station in Munich. It has been such a breeze to have it in that locker. I am going to do that more often. Especially when I get into a town that I don't know for sure where I am going.

Back to the Füssen story:

My main goal out here was to see the Neuschwanstein Castle. There is another castle in the same area and a lake. The weather was very foggy which wasn't a big deal to me since it kinda gave the whole area an ethereal feeling. The lake is called Alpsee and I guess there are wild swans that inhabit it. I got in and skipped some rocks. It was warm, too! Not warm enough to swim though.






Can you see it?

Salzburg

The train part of my journey started Thursday when I left Paris. (Well, I think that was Thursday) I was going to take the night train from Paris to Berlin, but since the train to Berlin was full I went to Hamburg instead. I spent the day in Hamburg and it was fun. I hadn´t made plans ahead of time to do anything, but I did enjoy a Jägerschnitzel for lunch.

I was looking at my train time table and saw that I could get into Salzburg first thing in the morning. I was very excited about doing so. I found a campsite; I took a picture of it this time. I have had a wonderful time here. In the pictures are the Salzach river, the Mozart Geburtshaus (the birthplace of W.A. Mozart), and Festung Hohensalzburg (literally "High Salzburg Fortress" in German). I got to see a little Musical Theatre, but I didn´t see any concerts like I wanted to. I think they have some open-air concerts in Vienna, so I will have to check that out, I am going there tonight.