neuschwanstein castle

yesterday was simply amazing. i truly believe fate plays some type of roll in everything. perhaps reilly was supposed to eat my passport so i could not go to peru and instead i end up seeing
beautiful bavaria. we got up to go on a tour to neuschwanstein castle and when we got there, they
told us it was closed. however, dan somehow managed to charm his way onto the tour and by default
i got to go too. it was brilliant! the castle itself looks like it belongs in a fairytale. the
hike to the casle was almost better, directly through the german alps with scenic views of the
valley to one side and waterfalls to the other. our guide, valerie, was this hilarious british
woman and the best part was that she loved dan. he (of course) made some wise crack early on which
she thought was funny and he became her instant favorite. it was great because she gave us a lot
more historical information about the castle and king ludwig.

although i have greatly enjoyed munich, it made me really excited to get out of the big city and
see some of the smaller towns with less people. the weather has been fantastic, i feel as if i am
in southern california......but with more germans :)