We were on the wait list yesterday for the Neuschwanstein Castle tour this morning, and I guess the rain did not dissuade anyone from going. They all showed up so we didn't make the AFRC guided tour. We'll head out soon to do it on our own, as well as maybe other stops too.
We headed out about 11am and got there about noon. Even with the rain there were loads of people. The line to get entry tickets was over an hour wait, so just got some tickets to hop the bus up to the Marienbrucke drop off and headed up. Took about 10 minutes to get up to the "Mary's Bridge" overlook. In all the times I have been to Neuschwanstein I had never been over to this bridge. What a magnificent view of the castle!
We took several photos from that vantage point then walked back to the bus stop and walked up to the castle. Since we didn't have entry tickets we just gawked from the front gates. We then walked down and headed back to Garmisch.
Just before entering Garmisch I drove up into Grainau, drove around and went to the Eibsee. That is a lake I swam in when we were there in 1958! All the parking is now totally pay parking so we just drove around and headed into Garmisch.
We went to dinner at a local stube - excellent food!!! The food at Edelweiss is really good, but it's just American style food. Too many people staying at the Edelweiss eat all their meals there. For the same price they could be experiencing the real German cuisine..
Time to repack. We head for the last segment of this vacation tomorrow morning - going to Verona, Italy...
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