We wound through the winding roads of Bavaria, Germany and went through Liechtenstein, a very small country between Austria and Switzerland. Its area is just over 160 square kilometres (62 square miles), and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Liechtenstein is the smallest, yet the richest (by measure of GDP per capita), German-speaking country in the world and the only country to lie entirely within the Alps.
Then we went on to Reutte, where we settled into the Gastehaus am Graben.
We heard bells tinkling over the grassy hill and discovered a flock of sheep grazing.
That evening we went to dinner at the Geniesset Restaurant.
We had delicious cream of spargel soup served in these large tureens.
Our waitress prepared Bob's pasta salad in this large wooden bowl.
Paul's snitzel topped with a wrapped lemon wedge.
We went to sleep with full tummies and awoke excited to be up and ready to explore such a beautiful part of the world. After an enjoyable breakfast at the Gastehaus of boiled eggs, bread, cereal, fruit, and hot chocolate, we headed for Neuschwanstein Schloss. The first castle we saw was the picturesque Hohenschwangau Castle.
We didn't visit this castle but walked on a lovely path up to Neuschwanstein Schloss. Paul found a friend, a cute little salamander, along the way.
The views down into the valley were exquisite.
Paul was kind enough to stop for us to rest a bit along the way up. Quite the hike!
"Little pig, little pig, let me come in."
No photos were allowed inside the castle, but here are a couple of the Grand Hall off the Internet.
We did get to take some photos of the beautiful, spacious kitchen with all of it's shiny copper pots.
A poster through the seasons of Neuschwanstein.
Back on the road again, everywhere we looked was a postcard snapshot. Along the way, Paul noticed a road sign that read, "Give your Guardian Angel a chance."
We stopped at the Geiger Outlet store, east of Innsbruck, where Bob bought me a beautiful boiled wool Austrian jacket for my birthday. I had been wanting one, and I just love this jacket with its antler buttons.
We traveled through the mountains to Castelrotto, Italy, a municipality in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-AltoAdige/Sudtirol, located about 20 km northeast of the city of Bolzanol with a population of about 6,500.
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