Füssen and the schlosses

Schloss Neuschwanstein among the clouds. Schloss Hohenschwangau Well, after getting schlossed at Oktoberfest, we spent the next day visiting the famous schlosses in Füssen. Füssen is a two hour train ride from Munich and home to two of crazy king Ludwig’s castles, Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau. Neuschwanstein is the most popular castle, as the Disney castles […]

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Oktoberfest!

Here it is…the post we’ve all been waiting for. Oktoberfest. The festival of all festivals. We had the best weather I’ve experienced since I moved here. I went in with very low expectations. But it was on Kristen’s bucket list, so I had to indulge her request, especially since she traveled all this way. Kristen […]

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München

Neues Rathaus at Marienplatz The Glockenspiel! I absolutely adored Munich. Odd, because I’m usually turned off by throngs of tourists (ironic, too, I guess). But the city was just so charming, and even felt somewhat like a fairy tale with its gothic architecture and everyone walking the streets in their dirndls and lederhosen like it […]

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