Füssen, Germany
After we left Innsbruck, we jumped on a train ride up to Munich, and then transferred on a train heading south again down to Füssen. The town of Füssen is famous namely for being so near to Hohenshwangau and Neuschwanstein - two very famous German castles. Neuschwanstein, probably the most famous of all castles in Germany, was build in the late 1800's by King Ludwig II (AKA "The Mad King" / "The Fairy Tale King"). We checked into the Altstadthotel Zum Hechten for 2 nights and did an evening wander around the small town, picked up a sausage bun, some treats for dessert, and ended up back at our hotel for dinner, which had a quaint little restaurant with very tasty and good-priced food.
Train station in FüssenThe next morning we woke up to a great breakfast at the hotel, and gained enough energy to jump on the bus to Neuschwanstein. The views from the castle are absolutely astounding. I was here once before, about 7 years ago, and it's so nice to see it all again.
After our tour of the castle, we wandered down the hill and jumped in a bus back to town where we did some more meandering until we found a nice little place to sit outside and have a pint of Weißbier (as wheat beer is known in Bavaria). We didn't manage to get up to much else except a nap and some reading, after which was a grueling dinner where Dan munched down his first Pork Knuckle in Germany, and Carly found herself a yummy Hungarian Schnitzel.
That brought our time in Füssen to a close, as the next day we jumped on a train back to Munich where we spent the next 6 days.
I really enjoyed our time in Füssen. It's a town full of friendly people, and you can walk around the entire altstadt (old town) in about 30 minutes if you find all the little side streets. The town has a lot of charm, and the breathtaking Alps are all about. I can't imagine spending a ton of time here, unless you really just want to find a place to relax, and/or a town to base yourself in for trekking up into the Alps or going on those types of excursions, but it's definitely a place that's worth a visit.
