First stop, Munich Airport ( Germany)
Restless flight as the excitement builds up plus seating beside a huge but nice old German dude makes the whole journey an interesting one.
First thought on arrival? I’m gonna die! Frozen!
Eventhough it was summer, the temperature was not what someone like me could handle… ( my body needs to absorb heat, it does not generate any on it’s own… I’ll be a reptile if I was an animal…)
Second thought on arrival? If I die here, at least it’s a beautiful place.
Yup. It really was a beautiful place. ( no other words to describe it, simply beautiful)
Next, we got our packs and head out to meet the other 2 groupies. Got on the train to the city and find our hostel which we booked way ahead at hostelworld.com. ( actually it was about 2 months before. Actually That was considered late…)

The hostel was not bad. The room was mostly occupied by us so, security on belongings (eventhough they provided lockers) and our own safety was quite assured. Like they say, safety in numbers!
We spent about 3 days there. Went around to the shopping district to find lunch and take some photos. There was the cathedral which was at the center of the town area. It played some kind of music at certain hours and had these statues that would move. Everyone would just stand there watching in amazement. ( I mean really, even the locals were mesmerized by it!)
Munich was totally different from the stressed atmosphere in Singapore. Everyone and everything (even the trees) were very calm and just chilling out, dude. It was dry and cold though so, remember to drink lots of water or use moisturizer, folks. ( my skin was peeling… Told ya I am a reptile. )

Next we went to the museum. It displayed all of the royalties funiture and stuff. Took us about 3 hours to complete the whole tour. You can take pictures but no flash is allowed. I had my wonderful Sony DSC50 camera, semi-pro so, no flash? No problem. Good quality pictures! ( most of us had either a pro or a semi, hehe)
Reason for the no flash pictures is because the items displayed had gold so, light from the flash would cause the gold to oxidize. It’s like drinking too much coke would cause your teeth to rot. Same thing.
The second day we went to visit the castle Neuschwanstein. Took the train there. The trip took the whole day. The train went by the countryside. There were beautiful cottages and houses and horses and cows and goats and green fields and gold colored fields full of flowers and mountains and trees and and ……. ( it was too much to take in, my mind is still trying to process the images)
The castle was near a town located at the final stop of the train ride. We had to take a bus from the train station to the foot of a mountain and walk up ( or you could take a bus or a coach there) to the castle.
It was quite high up but the road was a gentle and gradual slope. Even the elderly walked. It did start to drizzle but that only adds on to the serene and peaceful atmosphere.

It took us about 35 minutes to reach the top. There were 2 castle but we only choose one. ( the more beautiful one I’d say) Castle Neuschwanstein!
It was magnificent! Just like in the story books! But the castle wasn’t complete due to some complications in the king’s life which ended tragically. After the 1 hour guided tour, we went to the bridge behind the castle. It was freakingly high up. ( yes, I looked down…Don’t ask me what happened… It’s just that some of us didn’t make it to the center of the bridge )
Hungry and weary from all the sightseeing, we decided to have dinner in town near the train station. But before that, we got some postcards from the castle to send back home. The small little town was very serene. I loved it there but we had to move on!
Next stop, Amsterdam!