I think I might end up wanting to spend more time in the area...maybe go somewhere in Germany. Hmmm. I know I wanna go see Neuschwanstein Castle, but that may wait until June as well.
*sob*
We "saw" Neuschwanstein, which translated to "here, we'll stop in a field where you can see it in the distance and you can get out of the bus and take pictures." We didn't actually go - went to one of his other castles, and since Neuschwanstein has been somewhere I wanted to go since I was like, TWO, I was quite bummed. As in, sobbing. Which was partly due to the 103-degree temperature, I'm guessing...
That area of Germany... I'd say Munich-Vienna would be where I'd want to go back to. Munich was nifty - a decent public transportation system, huge open-air market, spiffy tourist-y stuff. We also went to Dachau, which was amazing. We actually went to Salzburg on a day trip from Munich - on the way we also went to the salt mines, which were really cool (it was like a log ride underground). So yeah, we were really only in Salzburg for an afternoon. :(
On the way to Vienna we stopped at Melk, which is gorgeous. It's really just the Abbey - used to be a monastery - which is really neat (especially with the museum part that they added), but the library was absolutely stunning. Huge room, floor to ceiling shelves of old books, cathedral-like ceiling with fresco, and the spiral staircase to a second story that rings around the outside of the room like you only see in movies. I could have stayed there for HOURS.
Vienna is pretty darn spiffy, too. Danube River, music, opera house, old stuff - pretty cool. :)
I think I'm going to just start scanning ALL of my scrapbook... which I'd planned on doing when I first got back, so hey! About time! *g*
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Date: 2005-02-13 05:35 am (UTC)*sob*
We "saw" Neuschwanstein, which translated to "here, we'll stop in a field where you can see it in the distance and you can get out of the bus and take pictures." We didn't actually go - went to one of his other castles, and since Neuschwanstein has been somewhere I wanted to go since I was like, TWO, I was quite bummed. As in, sobbing. Which was partly due to the 103-degree temperature, I'm guessing...
That area of Germany... I'd say Munich-Vienna would be where I'd want to go back to. Munich was nifty - a decent public transportation system, huge open-air market, spiffy tourist-y stuff. We also went to Dachau, which was amazing. We actually went to Salzburg on a day trip from Munich - on the way we also went to the salt mines, which were really cool (it was like a log ride underground). So yeah, we were really only in Salzburg for an afternoon. :(
On the way to Vienna we stopped at Melk, which is gorgeous. It's really just the Abbey - used to be a monastery - which is really neat (especially with the museum part that they added), but the library was absolutely stunning. Huge room, floor to ceiling shelves of old books, cathedral-like ceiling with fresco, and the spiral staircase to a second story that rings around the outside of the room like you only see in movies. I could have stayed there for HOURS.
Vienna is pretty darn spiffy, too. Danube River, music, opera house, old stuff - pretty cool. :)
I think I'm going to just start scanning ALL of my scrapbook... which I'd planned on doing when I first got back, so hey! About time! *g*