Germany and Austria Pictures

Wow, did I end up with a lot of pictures.  Most of them are random shots from the bus windows that now all look very similar...  But here are some more real shots.  I do also have plans to continue with the rest of the locations, it's just time consuming so I'm going slowly.
Interior of the cathedral in Cologne

Exterior of cathedral, they were doing some work and the bottom left corner is what the church would look like if they cleaned the stone all the time.  But then they would be perpetually cleaning it...

Farmland of Germany, I'm so used to big plots and these are all so small!

Vineyards along the Rhine river, they grow vertically because the sun hits it better, yes, it is really steep

Castle along the Rhine river


Here I am enjoying a river cruise on the Rhine

Castle in Heidelberg that the Japanese are enamored of

The wonderful store signs in Rothenburg

Sneeballs in Rothenburg, weren't brave enough to try as they are balls of pie dough covered with sugar.  And are incredibly dry!

This is the portion of the wall that you could climb and walk along in Rothenburg

Exterior of the wall with the lovely juxtaposition of the modern day cars parked outside!

Glockenspiel in Munich, yes we did stay and watch

Neuschwanstein castle, need I say more

Me on Mary's bridge above the castle, such a beautiful view

Mary's bridge from below, yeah, we were up high

Interior shot of the neuschwanstein castle

The stream and mountains right outside our hotel in Oberammergau

Our hotel with the lovely frescos painted on the side

The grotto in Linderhof castle that we had to hike up the ridiculous hill to get to

A shot of Linderhof castle from above

More frescos, the entire town is covered

One of the roads getting us through the Brenner pass into Austria

A picture of the golden roof.  We had bad timing and they were cleaning it but they put up a picture for the tourists

One of many churches in Innsbruck, Austria

I'm not sure what this is, either a church or a fancy reception hall.  I'm not sure because I ran into the wedding party in front of an actual church farther down and came upon them here again!

Beautiful shot of Innsbruck with the river and the mountains

Venice!!

More venice

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