Neuschwanstein

When Katy came to visit we took an overnight trip down to Fussen to see Neuschwanstein, then spent her last night/day in Germany seeing Munich. Quick recap from earlier posts- Neuschwanstein is the castle built by the crazy King Ludwig and is supposedly the basis for Walt Disney's Cinderella castle.

So this picture isn't from Neuschwanstein, but I liked how the Munich Glockenspiel (town hall clock with figurines that dance around at certain times) looked in the chilly weather with the red flowers.

As we drove south it started snowing flurries, and then even farther south the snow had been collecting on the ground in places, especially the mountains. It was such a surprise to see all the snow since it hadn't snowed in Amberg yet, and it was only early October! The cloudy mountains and the green fields made a beautiful contrast as we drove the back roads.

This is the view out of one of the castle windows- so cool to be up in the snow and look across a green valley to more snow!

This is one of the towers of Neuschwanstein- the part that I think looks the most like Cinderella's castle.

And here are me and Katy, all bundled up and not really prepared for the snow!! I had a great visit with Katy, and I hope she had fun too!

Amberg in the Fall

Here are some new pictures of Amberg in the fall I took while showing Katy around. Since then, the weather has turned frigid, it has snowed for two days, and the sun hasn't come out for more than 30 minutes at a time. I think it is officially winter here, and I'm not too excited about that!

The flowers are somehow still going strong despite the chilly weather and frost...

This picture shows how cloudy it usually is here, with the church on the hill in the background. A lot of the stores have their Christmas decorations out... I guess I should get my Halloween decorations ready!