Day 6: Castles,more bikes and more rain//Colin & Abbey

Colin Chalupa

Wednesday, I woke up early yet again so we can catch the trains. The train was not broke nor was it too full so we were all able to get on. The adventure for Wednesday was a trip to Neuschwanstein one of the most famous castles. It is such a big attraction that you must get tickets soon enough or else the amount of tickets will run out. We however, had booked ahead of time with Mike's Bikes. This would assure us tickets and transportation to the castle which is about 2 hours away. The bus took us to Schwangau where we stopped to get on some bikes. We took a nice bike tour all over Bavarian country in the rain. Despite the the bike tour was not bad at all. It had great views of the castle and the surrounding Alps. Once the bike tour was finished we had a nice lunch at Schloss Brauhaus. I had the Schnitzel which was delicious. We then took the bus back to the heart of Schwangau to get to a place were the castle was accesed. A little less than half took a smaller bus to the top of the mountain. The rest of the group and I went on a nice 20 minute hike up the mountain. We then reached the castle and it was breathtaking. The views were amazing and I could not wait to see the inside. I had my camera all ready to take multiple photos then was sadly told no photos could be taken of the interior. We also found out that we had to wear our backpacks on the front of our stomach. After our amazing tour of some of the castle that only lasted for about 27 minutes, we then hiked back down the mountain to the bus. After the 2 hour bus ride back we ate wherever we want quickly. I ate at Scoom, there I had a Cibata Club. Then we met up an proceeded back to the hostel. There I played pool, chess, talked a bit, then went to bed.

Abbey Whitaker:

Due to calendar plans moving around, today's journey included our trip to Neuschwanstein up in the Alps. We joined Mike's Bikes Tours to provide us with a good experience while in the valley below the Alps. We rode a charter bus to the area below the two beautiful castles and from there we spent some time on a bike tour of the surrounding area. Our tour guide, Brad, accompanied the group during our ride where we saw the two castles from below, Swan Lake, and much of the beautiful forests in the valley. After the bike tour we continued to a restaurant where we had a good German meal. Following lunch, we proceeded to our destination via bus where we were to then hike the steep mountain to get to the Neuschwanstein castle.  The hike was long and tiresome but the views from the castle were amazing. Unfortunately photos were not allowed to be taken inside the castle, but it was still a good experience