Castle Road

Trip Start Nov 28, 2010
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Trip End Sep 29, 2011


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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Another short post with a hearty ration of photos. As I write this on the 26th it is only a couple of hours away from my 40th birthday, so I'm trying to get everything up to date before that wonderful(!?) day arrives.  This post covers our drive along the Castle Road in a rented car while the van was in for repairs.  Predictable as ever, the Germans finished fixing the van in a day and a half and so we could have picked it up on Thursday.  By the time we got the call, however, we were a hundred miles away in a nice comfy hotel, so we decided to drive back on Saturday morning and spend three nights in hotels on the Castle Road.  The scenery was magnificent.  Much of the drive was along the banks of the Neckar River and the views were constantly beautiful.  We saw many castles along the way but only stopped at a few of them.  At one point, while we all looked down over another wonderful view, Leonardo announced that "Florida is like a landfill compared to this".  Perhaps a little harsh, though not entirely inaccurate
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The hotels were all lovely, especially after a long time without a break from the van.  Many showers were had.  One of our nights was in Rothenburg, known as the best preserved medieval town in Europe.  It is a beautiful little town.  Our last night was in Nuremberg, previously only known to me for its unfortunate recent history.  So it was a nice surprise to find a lovely old city with a nice castle and pedestrian streets, filled with riverside cafés and restaurants.  Through all these days we had our shorts on and the sun never stopped shining, which made our little side trip that much nicer.  Our last night was spent only an hour outside Munich.  We had left the Castle Road but were now next to Germany’s most famous castle, a couple of hours south in Bavaria.  The castle, called Neuschwanstein Castle, was the inspiration for the Disney castle and looks extraordinary.  The plan was to stay at a campsite for the night and visit the castle the next day.  For the second time on our trip we were turned away at a campsite, which was completely full for Easter, but we were directed to one with space only a few minutes away.  This site was extraordinary, particularly in comparison to what we have experienced so far.  It was like a city.  Hundreds of campervans, a constant stream of people on foot, on bikes, on scooters, children everywhere…one girl on a unicycle.  It was quite a sight after all our empty campsites, but after the initial interest at the novelty of it all wore off, we decided this sort of thing was not for us and we will try to avoid such places when we can.  Things will certainly get busier in the summer, but I think we’ll avoid campsites with their own postal code.

Anyway, I’m supposed to be leaving it to the photos so I’ll shut up now.
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Meme on

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX...ENJOY THE BIG "4-0"... HAVE A GRAND DAY! XO

Claudette on

Happy Birthday Alex! From someone that has been 40 for 23 days now-it's not that bad. Love the pixs.

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