Wow is it nice to be in Germany! The scenery is beautiful, the trains are on time, and most importantly I understand the language! We took the train from Milan to Augsburg and passed through Switzerland. It was cool because it was almost as if we were in sunny Italy one minute and we passed through a tunnel and on the other side were s
nowy mountains. It was so pretty. Our first stop here was to see Schoß Neuschwanstein. There was another castle there called Schwanau that we toured through as well. What a perfect place to have a castle, right on top of a hill with the niew of the valley and a beautiful lake below. Ahhh to have been Germany royalty back then and live in such great places! The Schwanau castle was used until 1912 so it was fitted with electricity already. After our tour of the first castle we stopped to have some Frankfurters and salad on the patio outside! It was a gorgeous day to be outside. The hike up to Neuschwanstein was about 30 minutes uphill, so we were definately getting a workout today! That castle was really interesting to see. Apparently the castle itself was designed by a stage designer instead 
of an architect, which I thought was kind of interesting. King Ludwig II had dedicated the castle to the works of Richard Wagner. He had parts of Wagners operas painted on the walls in some of the rooms, he had a Singers Hall built so that Wagner's pieces could be performed. He even had a hall built that looked like a cave to resemble a piece of Wagners Operas. It was really quite interesting to see it! After Neuschwanstein we to
ok the train to Rothenberg ob der Tauber. It's a little town that still has an old medevil city still fully intact. All the buildings looked that same as they would have back in the day from the outside but on the inside they had all been modernized. It was such a cute little town, but very touristy. Something that was great about this town was that there was a bakery around every corner you'd pass. It smelled amazing in each one, and they had such great displays in their front windows. It was tough passing by a bakery and not going in them to load up on pastries! We stopped in the Crime Museum they had in the town, it was all about Mideval laws, punishments and they also had the torture tools they used to get confessions from people as well as for punishments. It was really cool to check that out and see how strict their laws on behaviour was. 
An example is if someone missed attending church one Sunday they had to stand on a Pillary, in the middle of town, with a huge rosary necklace around their neck for a certain period of time so that people ridicule and mock them. They would notice that you weren't in church because everyone had an assigned seat and if you were not there it would be pretty obvious. We wandered around the town for the rest of the day.
They had an excellent little Christmas store in town as well that was full of Christmas decorations and ornaments that were all made in Germany! From Rothenberg ob dem Tauber we are on our way to Frankfurt to meet up with my cousin Olga! It's been almost 5 years since we've seen her last so it'll be nice to visit with her again, and hopefully I'll get to shape up on my German a bit.
Hope everyone is doing great back home ! Take Care :o)
nowy mountains. It was so pretty. Our first stop here was to see Schoß Neuschwanstein. There was another castle there called Schwanau that we toured through as well. What a perfect place to have a castle, right on top of a hill with the niew of the valley and a beautiful lake below. Ahhh to have been Germany royalty back then and live in such great places! The Schwanau castle was used until 1912 so it was fitted with electricity already. After our tour of the first castle we stopped to have some Frankfurters and salad on the patio outside! It was a gorgeous day to be outside. The hike up to Neuschwanstein was about 30 minutes uphill, so we were definately getting a workout today! That castle was really interesting to see. Apparently the castle itself was designed by a stage designer instead 
of an architect, which I thought was kind of interesting. King Ludwig II had dedicated the castle to the works of Richard Wagner. He had parts of Wagners operas painted on the walls in some of the rooms, he had a Singers Hall built so that Wagner's pieces could be performed. He even had a hall built that looked like a cave to resemble a piece of Wagners Operas. It was really quite interesting to see it! After Neuschwanstein we to
ok the train to Rothenberg ob der Tauber. It's a little town that still has an old medevil city still fully intact. All the buildings looked that same as they would have back in the day from the outside but on the inside they had all been modernized. It was such a cute little town, but very touristy. Something that was great about this town was that there was a bakery around every corner you'd pass. It smelled amazing in each one, and they had such great displays in their front windows. It was tough passing by a bakery and not going in them to load up on pastries! We stopped in the Crime Museum they had in the town, it was all about Mideval laws, punishments and they also had the torture tools they used to get confessions from people as well as for punishments. It was really cool to check that out and see how strict their laws on behaviour was. 
An example is if someone missed attending church one Sunday they had to stand on a Pillary, in the middle of town, with a huge rosary necklace around their neck for a certain period of time so that people ridicule and mock them. They would notice that you weren't in church because everyone had an assigned seat and if you were not there it would be pretty obvious. We wandered around the town for the rest of the day.
They had an excellent little Christmas store in town as well that was full of Christmas decorations and ornaments that were all made in Germany! From Rothenberg ob dem Tauber we are on our way to Frankfurt to meet up with my cousin Olga! It's been almost 5 years since we've seen her last so it'll be nice to visit with her again, and hopefully I'll get to shape up on my German a bit.Hope everyone is doing great back home ! Take Care :o)
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Hello, It's great to "travel" along with you. So far yet so near. We ladies went to the conservatory for lunch yesterday. missed you and Laura. Great pictures - especially the daffodil one. Take care. Love Tante Elsie
Hey goob,
I just bought a house on beverly and like i said on loob's blog ihr mussen fur vino und fantastisches essen vorbei kommen. I hope you are having a fabulous time i miss you two and hope you are well. try calling on my cell again sometime. -gordo
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