On our final full day in Munich we took a day trip out to the beautiful Neuschwanstein Castle, close to the town of Fussen. It was a good 2 hour train journey and although we didn´t pay to go in the castle it was still worth the 30 minute hike up the hill for photos and spectacular views of the nearby town, countryside, lake and ice-capped mountains. The castle itself inspired Walt Disney in his creations.
The two hour journey back left us with next to no daylight left for the day (it´s getting dark not long after 4pm these days) but we had a bit of time to check out the Englischer Garten (English Garden), a city park twice the size of New York´s Central Park.
We were only minutes away from missing our train to Dresden the following morning after complications with what tickets needed purchasing, and upon arrival in Dresden found the map illustrated on the hostel´s brochure was somewhat useless. Well, I blame the map anyway for a 30 minute detour in the complete wrong direction!
Our hostel was cool, even if it seemed more like a bar/internet cafe with hostel facilities rather than the other way round. The big bonus was we were in the Neustadt part of town across the river from the city centre. It was the student part of town crammed with cheap eats and cool bars.
Our only full day there was spent wandering semi-aimlessly about the small historic town centre. Most of Dresden was fairly well flattened at the end of WWII so a lot of the buildings looked fairly new. Definately glad we had the time to do a two night stop here.
We were met in Berlin by Sheryl´s sister in law Ines and whisked back to their flat 20 minutes or so from the main train station. On our first full day we were taken on a guided tour (courtesy of our hosts!) through some of Berlin´s most famous spots. This included places like the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburger Gate - formely the boundary between East & West) and various remainders of the Berlin Wall. A sizzling hot Curry Wurst (German sausage) was definately in order on such a cold day.
Yesterday it was Dennis´ birthday so we went out to a local restaurant for some German fare and drinks. Erdinger Kristall for me, Dunkel for Dennis. Sheryl opted for a glass of random German red wine that tasted more like Rose.
Anyway we´ve now booked our journey back to the UK, flying with Easyjet Wednesday 22nd November. That should give us plenty of time to sample plenty of what Berlin has to offer, and maybe a cheeky day trip or two.
Tschus!
Dale & Sheryl
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