Castles in Bavaria

Jared took a few days off so we could head to Bavaria and show Jen and Darin castles and the Alps.  First stop was Neuschwanstein.  Such a great view and place!  We are lucky to see it twice in one summer.  We hurried to the view at Marienbrucke (Marien’s bridge) and then Jen and Darin ran down the rest of the way to make the last tour of the day.  We stayed back to explore the water falls and nearby creek in the valley below the bridge. 

 

The view of Hohenschwangau is always cool from Neuschwanstein

 

I played with my camera for awhile and we hiked around this beautiful area:

Since it was the last tour of the day, there were no people to bomb these pics of the front of the castle. 

 

We stayed two nights here: in Oberammergau.  The village with all of the painted stores and houses down in Bavaria.  Oberammergau is also known for their Passion Play they perform every 10 years to show respect to God for saving them during a plague.  This old barn/house converted to hotel is pretty quaint.  I guess we are used to places like this now.  I’m not sure Jen and Darin were quite as enthralled!!

After checking out Oberammergau the next morning and taking some photos, we headed to the Linderhof Castle:

Linderhof:  A definite favorite of mine:

We ran into this fun group of French couples dressed in costumes of the time… and had to have a picture or two! 

 

This guy was only a little TOO anxious to have a photo with two lovely ladies from the States: 

I LOVE THIS PHOTO!!  LOVE these PEOPLE: 

     

This cute cemetery and church were located right across from our Bed and Breakfast.  I really admire how the Europeans take care of their cemeteries.  There are always fresh flowers and they are perfectly groomed.