Gran – Neuschwanstein – Salzburg

18 June
Gran – Neuschwanstein – Salzburg

Neuschwanstein the castle that inspired Walt Disney's fantasy palace was the order of the morning. Almost all the books describe it as the tourist trap from hell. We however do not share this view. The only conclusion as to why someone may think this is the very tough walk up the mountain to get to the Castle then you find out that you needed to buy tickets before embarking on this obstacle.
Upon arriving at the many numbered parking lots we were surprised that it was not as expensive to park as we thought it would be. We payed 4.50 Euros and proceeded to summit the mountain palace of crazy Ludwig. Upon starting our climb I (Nick) had a good laugh at a young girl in a mini skirt and heels embarking on the same obstacle in the rain as we were. As per normal as I wanted a photo of this she turned round the same minute to give me a smile (Busted).

However we reached the top after about 30 minutes. After looking around (but not going inside) who walked past? Yip Miss heels to our amazement but not as happy as before. We bought a lovely Gelato and headed down dodging the same horse droppings we missed on the way up from the horse drawn carts that we were sure Miss Heels would take down as you only pay for up.


We then hopped into the Ruby and hot footed it to Salzburg. We arrived at Panorama Camping Stadtblick. It was a cool little site with wonderful facilities. The best part apart from the showers, was upon our arrival right there outside the reception slowly grilling away was the evening special for the on site restaurant that was just to good to resist. Ames and I checked in, got some free potatoes (with good intention of eating them) then heading off to the restaurant after not being able to resist the wonderful smell coming from that infamous special grilling away. We sat down to what we thought was going to be a very expensive meal but after ordering our 7.80 Euro Swhein...... aka Eisbein. The chunk of meat nearly defeated us but after a second wind and its shear willpower we consumed the most wonderful meal ever!

We rolled back to Ruby worrying about meat sweats and passed out! Good day!