The quintessential medieval walled city in Europe, I actually booked a hotel here for two whole nights, and was looking forward to the drive from Munich up the fabled Romantic Road. We wound up having an extra night before we arrived in Rothenburg, which seemed exciting, as we were then free to find somewhere to…
This is pretty much what it looked like along the Romantic Road (In German “Romantische Strasse”).
Upon departing our Munich hotel, which was very, very nice, we headed to Andechs Monastary. Having read two lines about it in the guidebook, which said it was home to the best beer in Germany and a nice church, we drove there, planning on arriving around eleven o’clock in the morning. As we passed through…
After our wet introduction to Munich, and subsequent flight into a hotel room at great haste, we were hoping that seeing the sights would be somewhat low impact. It turned into a wonderful evening. We walked around Marianplatz and visited an amazing store called Alois Dalmayr which was a purveyor of a fascinating array of…
After an underwhelming drive along the autobahn, I was thankful to pull into the campground in Munich. It was pretty clean, well equipped, and we checked in and pitched our tent with ease. Even got a great spot under a tree! The weather was so good that most of the other campers were getting a…
Before the rain.
Leaving Schwarzwald and heading towards the region which used to be united under one king and is now part of both Germany and Austria (Bavaria in Germany and Tirol in Austria) we found ourselves on the autobahn for the first time. I quickly realized that the Fiat Panda was not up to the job, and…
