Castles of Bavaria

The second part of our holiday was spent traveling around a bit of Germany. We left the group in Innsbruck and caught a train to Reutte where we had booked a hotel. It had been snowing all day and it was starting to accumulate heavy on the roads. It turns out the hotel was a 15 minute drive from town. Not the news we were looking for, thankfully a lovely woman at the information centre called the hotel and then sent a driver to get us. It really was more of resort set in the woods. It reminded me of some of the resorts in the Catskills. It was a great place and the food was delicious. It was a first try ordering of a German menu without any help, but we managed. The next day we took a long walk and then had a driver take us to town so we could catch a bus to Fussen. Here we were lucky the bus dropped us right next to our hotel and it was located in a perfect location in the centre of town. The town was very cute with a car free area. We went and got tickets to see Ludwig, a German musical about Ludwig's II life. It was all in German but we had a synopsis so we could follow the story. The theatre was built specifically for this show and the set designs are by far the best I've ever seen. It has Europe's largest revolving stage and included a large lake with real water and a mechanical swan, Very cool! The next day we went to see two of Ludwig's castles. One was his childhood home where he lived with his father Maximilian, and mother. The other he had built, but died/ was killed before it was completed. They were spectacular castles in a beautiful setting.