It was always our intention to “finish off” the Romantic Road, jump back on at Fussen so we could visit the Neuschwanstein Castle. We left Weer & drove through Austria towards Germany. The satnav took us over the Fern Pass, the roads weren’t too bad. Not too many squeaky bum moments but the passenger side brake pedal had a bit of use! Massive big views & drove past a beautiful alpine lake, too late to stop. Weather was a mixed bag. The castles are closer to Schwangau than to Fussen so we opted for a site just up the road on the Bannwaldsee. When staying in the area, you get free bus travel, so no need to use the bikes. Public transport again. Arrived just after lunchtime, so parked up then took the bus to Fussen. Nice town & very similar to Rothenburg, we wandered up to Lech Falls. The weather was pretty dismal by now, the waterfall was crashing down with the amount of water coming from the mountains but instead of the gorgeous turquoise blue, it was a murky shade of grey. Walked back to the town & sat at a pavement cafe watching the world go by – then it started raining! We opted to take the next bus back & called it a day. A few hours later, the sky was nice & clear so had a wander down to the lake to take some photo’s. Beautiful light down there with lots of reflections.
The next day we were going to cycle to Schwangu but as per usual, it was drizzling! We took the bus. We had decided in advance not to go inside the castle. It was pretty expensive for a half hour tour & you couldn’t take any photo’s inside. We hitched a lift up the hill on the shuttle bus & walked the short distance to a viewing point across from the castle, it was absolutely rammed with tourists. We took a few photo’s from here then continued up a winding, uneven narrow path to another viewpoint high above the first. Funnily enough, the majority of people stopped at the bridge. Headed back down to the castle, which incidentally was the one from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, walked around the outside & back down the hill. Both of us were feeling better than we had for a few days, so we had a meal in a hotel restaurant to “fuel up” We actually had some vegetables, which went down a treat. Anyway still another castle to see, so we set of in search of it. Smaller but perfectly formed with a lovely view over the Alpsee. With that it concluded our Romantic Road Run. The following morning, we were planning to set off again, however we hadn’t decided on location. Our fault but another bank holiday was creeping up on us & we hadn’t organised anywhere. Originally we had planned to head off to Lake Constance but feared we wouldn’t get a spot! Where did we end up?
