On 10th August we have started a week long road trip in Bavaria region of Germany. Our first stop of 4 days was Munich (Munchen), Germany third largest city with a population of around 2.6 millions in the whole metropolitan area. The next stop in our trip was the world famous Neuschwanstein Castle, Linderhof Palace and the surroundings, but about them in another blog post.

I have chosen Germany and Munich as a destination mainly because of the good impression that Vienna (left image) and Austria left over us from the last year trip. Another point was that from Lausanne there is only 6 hours of driving up to Munich. However, I have to admit that the impression were below the expectation at the beginning of the trip for various reasons that you will find ...

The second part of the one-week road trip that I have taken this August in Bavaria region of Germany has focused on the castles and palaces linked with the last Bavarian king Ludwig II. Impression from the first part of this adventure can be found in my previous blog post: "Munich, Germany".

The main focus of this trip was to visit the famous Neuschwanstein Castle build in the 19th century and selected as one of the contestants to the New 7 Wonders of the World of the world. This is my first chance to approach such an important touristic landmark up to today. However, I was slightly disappointed. A whole industry was build to exploit the tourists who visit ...