When we started out our trip we first went to Schwangau where there are two castles that we can visit--the Father's and the Son's Castles. The names of both kings was Ludwig, but they called the son Crazy King Ludwig. He only lived in his castle for a couple of weeks and was mysteriously killed in a boating accident.
This picture is of the Father's Castle.
This picture is of the Son's Castle. It was raining really hard and the fog was really low on the mountains so we were not able to go up to the castles. We have rearranged our trip so that we will go back towards the end of the trip. We walk up to the Father's Castle, but will take a horse drawn carriage about 2/3 of the way up to the Son's Castle--it is really high up.
This is driving through Austria. Throughout the area is a lot of agricultural area and these little barns or shacks are scattered about. After seeing several hundred we figured out that they are used as storage for hay.
More countryside of Austria. The road that we traveled on was through a narrow canyon, with high mountain on both sides. There were miles and miles of tunnels that we went through--kind of made me (Karen) a bit claustrophic.
Don standing at the edge of one of the forest's. We went for a little walk up the path in the forest and stumbled upon either a gypsy camp or a camp for homeless people--we didn't stay there to investigage.
The corn field in the background is very interesting. Between the corn that is growing is thousands of little pine trees that have been planted in the same rows as the corn.
This is out of order, but is the castle that was at the Rhein Falls.
This is also at Rhein Falls--it is a test your skills or bravery area with all kinds of equipment to do just that--test your skills or bravery.
This is a little village that we stayed overnight in and this picture was taken from the window in our room. The name of the village is Wadshuter, Germany.
This is the middle of town--there is a wall around this town, with a clock tower at each end of the street. The bell tower chimes each 1/4 hour and you can hear it from both ends and it sounds like an echo. Many of the buildings here have the date that they were built written toward the top of the front of the building. Many were built in the 1400s and the city burned down, and they were rebuilt in the 1500s. So they are very old--it has a wonderful atmosphere there. We had a great time!
This is the archway into the city, through the wall. Oh yeah, that is Karen!
Don enjoying his dinner--that is a Doner!
We bought the doners at this store!
After dinner we walked down to the Rhein River.
Cobblestone street! The cobblestone streets are slowly disappearing from Germany.
Along the path by the Rhein River
This is out of order, but is the castle that was at the Rhein Falls.
This is also at Rhein Falls--it is a test your skills or bravery area with all kinds of equipment to do just that--test your skills or bravery.
This is a little village that we stayed overnight in and this picture was taken from the window in our room. The name of the village is Wadshuter, Germany.
This is the middle of town--there is a wall around this town, with a clock tower at each end of the street. The bell tower chimes each 1/4 hour and you can hear it from both ends and it sounds like an echo. Many of the buildings here have the date that they were built written toward the top of the front of the building. Many were built in the 1400s and the city burned down, and they were rebuilt in the 1500s. So they are very old--it has a wonderful atmosphere there. We had a great time! 
This is the archway into the city, through the wall. Oh yeah, that is Karen!
Don enjoying his dinner--that is a Doner!
We bought the doners at this store!
After dinner we walked down to the Rhein River.
Cobblestone street! The cobblestone streets are slowly disappearing from Germany.
Along the path by the Rhein River
Looking across the Rhein River
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