Munich is a city of church bells. You can hear them every hour, ringing from every direction, their different tones blending harmoniously with each other.
And if you’re there on trash day, you can also hear the early morning clanking of thousands of beer bottles being dumped into trucks. This of course pairs nicely with the drunk tourists reveling in the streets, pretending they can keep up with the Germans who were weaned on hops.
Having had our fill of castles & tourists, Eric & I were ready to escape into the woods. Lucky for us, nature trails & quiet walks abound all around Füssen Germany so despite the imminent threat of rain & a bum knee, we took to the trails.
We opted for the Füssen-Alatsee loop, which was a 10.3 mile walk from our hotel & took about 4.5 hours. The walk immediately began with some steep inclines which quickly brought us above town & into the woods. There were several routes we could have taken, all of which lead to the same lake — we chose the one that took us deeper into the woods. The woods opened up to farm land & then we arrived at the lake, which was smaller than I expected but very pretty.
We went to Füssen for castles, but we got so much more than we expected!
Our seven days in Austria had come to an end & we were sad to leave this beautiful country behind. Our next destination was Füssen Germany, the town most famous for its neighboring fairy tale castle, Neuschwanstein. Built by “Mad” King Ludwig II, this was the castle that Walt Disney modeled Cinderella’s castle after for his Orlando theme park.