We woke up early this morning to find that the temperature had dropped to zero overnight!
The journey from Imst to Illertissen in Germany wasn’t that far, and the journey across the Alps via the Fern Pass looked like it might be a bit foggy. But as soon as we were on the road, we discovered that the journey might be a bit snowy! I was just a little bit glad that I didn't have to put the snow-chains on. But it was close. A bit more overnight, and I would have needed them.
The trees dripped with fresh snow like a dusting of icing sugar on a Christmas cake.
Another look around at our region caused us to spot that we weren’t far from Neuschwanstein fairy-tale castle, as depicted in Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang.
Ruth was desperate to go!
This picture is not in black and white. This is how the colour picture turned out.
Personally, I was afraid of the child-catcher, and wasn’t quite so keen, but we went all the same.
On arrival, the parking situation was cleverly sewn up by the Germans. 9.50 Euros to park a campervan!! A sharp intake of breath across my front teeth, and we went in.
Finding the was easy. Just follow the crowds to the ticket office!
Once there, a sign displayed that there were NO TICKETS until 4.40 pm!!!
Wow!
Disappointment set in, and we didn’t want to wait for over 3 hours just to have a look inside. An outside view was free of charge, and so we made do with that.
30 minutes of climbing up a l-o-n-g path.
If we were cold at the start, we certainly weren’t by the time we had got to the top.
It didn’t disappoint! Fantastic castle, with fantastic views over the countryside.
Sadly, they don’t come out well on the camera, but just believe me.
It’s lovely.
Another "plus" was that on leaving the car park, the machine 'only' charged me 7 Euros for parking for 3hours!
As we left the car park, the barrier machine said, "Gut Fart"!!
We think that meant something like "have a nice day".
We drove on to a site we had stayed at just two weeks ago, in Illertissen, Germany.
Another "plus" was that on leaving the car park, the machine 'only' charged me 7 Euros for parking for 3hours!
As we left the car park, the barrier machine said, "Gut Fart"!!
We think that meant something like "have a nice day".
We drove on to a site we had stayed at just two weeks ago, in Illertissen, Germany.
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