Went to Austria - twice!

We took it easy and really only did one thing today. We woke up early and drove to Neuschwanstein castle - about an hour away via Austria. Beautiful scenery all the way. We had prebooked tickets and were glad since it was a busy place. Tickets in hand, off we went towards the castle. It was a 1 mile steep uphill climb... but we took the bus.

The castle was gorgeous and there were great views from many different angles. Inside, we had a 35 minute guided tour through several rooms and were surprised that there was not as much decoration as other castles. Unfortunately, there were no photos allowed inside.

Hohenschwangau castle - nearby Neuschwanstein, but we didn't visit

Neuschwanstein

After a bite to eat, we drove back through the hoards of people and cars. They were not even guaranteeing a 5pm tour for people in line, and this was 11:30am. The line of cars and RVs were many km long - it was non-stop traffic (mostly in Austria), but all going the other way. Seems everyone was leaving their camp sites to go home after the long weekend. 

A dinner in town wrapped up our visit to Garmisch. Off to Berlin in the morning!