Can I be a Princess?

Sorry Sorry Sorry.

After I posted about the wine tasting I have been go go go. I had a fabulous weekend with my family and then last week I had a lot of work due that took most of my time. So now that I can breathe a little I can catch up on my Fall break with my family.

They came in on Thursday. My Mom and Brent's luggage didn't make it so that was a good time. They ended up getting it the second night. I met them after class on Thursday and we went out to eat with my friend Kayla. I had them have Flammenkuchen. They approved.

Friday we ended to Fussen, actually we stayed in Hohenschwangau where the castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau are. Along the way we stopped in Schaffhausen, Switzerland where the International Watch Company factory and museum is. Brent really likes watches and this was the one place he wanted to go. It took a while to find but we made it. We also saw the Rhine Falls which are apparently the is the largest plain waterfall in Europe. It didn't seem that big...

Don't go chasing Waterfalls...

It was a lot of driving. We had a GPS who we named Greta. Now, Greta may seem to take you the long way, but you must always trust Greta. We had some doubters in our car, surprisingly I was not one of them. But we learned Autobahn, Autobahn, Autobahn. If you see a "short cut" instead of taking the Autobahn, don't do it.

We got to our hotel, cute cute cute. It was perfect. You could see the Hohenschwangau castle from our room. It is a little town that just comes to tourist life during the day.

Our view from our room. Beautiful.

This castle was the childhood home of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. He may or may have not been crazy... He did have some crazy eyes though.

This is the view from Neuschwanstein Castle. That is the town of Hohenschwangau and Alpsee Lake along with Hohenschwangau Castle.

Neuschwanstein was Ludwig's dream castle. He ended up only living it for 172 days before he died/was killed. The castle was not completely finished and was opened to the public for tours 6 weeks after his death by his family to pay for the debt Ludwig put them in. The castle is the inspiration for the castles at Disney World and Disney Land. Its beautiful.

Me and Neuschwanstein Castle from Mary's Bridge.

Me, Mom and Livi from a balcony in Neuschwanstein Castle.

After our time in Hohenschwangau we went to the Zugspitze which is the highest point in Germany, but we actually went up from the Austrian side. It is 2962 meters above sea level. It was a long way up. We went up in a cable car with tourist and skiers. Skiing way up there! Crazy!

From the Cable Car at the starting point. Up we go!

We saw some hikers on our way up. That was more crazy than the skiers. They were WAY up there.

One of the skier's boot. Notice the "Pimp." Word.

This was the ski hill and lift...you may not be able to tell that much.

The highest point! It was so beautiful up there. I took so many pictures of the mountains.

We then headed to Baden Baden where we did the Baths. It was really fantastic, to clarify we did the one with textiles. All the pools were warm and some had great bubbles and one was an actually whirlpool where it pushed you around and around. Like a lazy river without the tubes.

It was a great weekend. A lot of driving, but it was nice to see more of the country and spend sometime with my family.

This coming weekend Paige is coming to visit! I'm super excited for her to see where I am living after I saw her Swiss homeland.

Hope everything is good at home besides the fact that I am currently a fan of a losing team. But whatever I've had worst losing seasons, anyone remember TeamXpress with Arthur????

Alright, better go do some homework.

Love

Cass