{"id":38,"date":"1998-04-19T17:38:23","date_gmt":"1998-04-20T00:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/?p=38"},"modified":"2020-06-14T16:53:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:53:43","slug":"europe-1998-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/1998\/04\/19\/europe-1998-day-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe 1998 Day 6: Bavarian Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunday April 19, 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woke up early for our tour. We enjoyed a great German breakfast, and managed to greet our bus only 5 minutes late. Our tour guide is Charlie. He\u2019s got a sense of humor and the tour was not dull. Schloss Linderhoff was under some renovation, but I took some pictures of the inside that I didn\u2019t take when I was here 8 years earlier. We were on a tight schedule so we didn\u2019t see the grotto, my favorite part. Oberammergau was a disappointment because only three shops were open. It was a neat town, though a bit touristy. The mountain views are cool, and a light snow was a quaint touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schloss Linderhof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oberammergau<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We then headed to Schloss Neuschaunstein – my favorite castle. We had a great lunch, and then headed up the hill on a horse-drawn carriage. We were having fun laughing at the horses. They were flatuating all the way up the hill. Not very pleasant from the front row, but still very humorous. The tour of the castle was run by Daniel, who was only on his second week of giving tours. It was pretty funny as we and some of the others in the tour (like the couple from Colorado) ad-libbed parts. I now know why I never have any pictures of the inside – the castle does not allow pics so you have to buy the book. After the tour, Gary, Wes, and I hiked over the bridge overlooking the castle, took some photos. Mom remained at the castle and we met back up with her as we headed back to the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schloss Neuschaunstein from the bridge overlook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking at Schloss Hohenschwangau (Ludwig’s dad’s castle) and the scenic lakes (Alpsee on the left and Schwansee on the Right) from Schloss Neuschwanstein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Schloss Neuschaunstein in the trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two hours later, we were back to Munich, and headed back to the Mercure to get our bags and head to the Bristol. I had bag trauma on the way, but we finally made it. When we arrived, the hotel said that we didn\u2019t have a reservation and the apartment we requested was under construction. Snickers about Wesley’s travel arrangement abilities abound, but fortunately, due to their lack of filled rooms, they were able to fit us in with little hassel. The hotel is a bit worn, but OK. We were supposed to go out and get food, but we were never made it and spent the night hanging out. I am tired, and Hungary (sorry again Mom). Tomorrow its Salzburg, and more touring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday April 19, 1998 Woke up early for our tour. We enjoyed a great German breakfast, and managed to greet our bus only 5 minutes late. Our tour guide is Charlie. He\u2019s got a sense of humor and the tour was not dull. Schloss Linderhoff was under some renovation, but I took some pictures of the inside that I didn\u2019t take when I was here 8 years earlier. We were on a tight schedule so we didn\u2019t see the grotto, my favorite part. Oberammergau was a disappointment because only three shops were open. It was a neat town, though a bit touristy. The mountain views are cool, and a light snow was a quaint touch. We then headed to Schloss Neuschaunstein – my favorite castle. We had a great lunch, and then headed up the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-1998","tag-europe1998"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/2334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}