The life and times of a pop-culture junkie and music addict living in Arlington, Virginia
I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.
I see this vintage bus around town sometimes. I thought at first that it was used exclusively as a schoolbus, but those are labelled differently. Now, I’m not so sure.
What do you think this bus is used for?
I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s pictures.
Germans will slap an “American-style” label on almost anything if they think it’ll sell more. Sometimes, they get it right. Usually, they get it dead wrong, with humorous results.
This “American-Style” steakhouse is in Regensburg, a short distance away from the Altstadt. I liked it, but I thought the Statue of Liberty napkins were a bit over the top.
The food was pretty great though. It’ll never top a steak in an American steakhouse, but it was very tasty.
Do you have a favorite steakhouse?
I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.
Today is a Bavarian public holiday. Public holidays here usually mean I’m traveling somewhere.
Most of my travel is by rail, and I see lots of really neat graffiti. This one caught my eye in the Düsseldorf area.
Do you have a favorite graffiti?
I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.
The Altstadt is full of cobblestone and tiny alleyways. This sort of view? It’s an everyday sight here.
I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s pictures.
I finally made it out to Schloss Neuschwanstein this weekend, as a Saturday day-trip with Jenny and her boyfriend Robert. King Ludwig II’s famous castle was the inspiration for Disney’s Cinderella’s Castle. Roughly one and a half million people come to the castle every year, and I think about a third of them were present while we were visiting.
I encourage you to click through to the full sized pictures, because I purposely saved them to be huge and awesome. I may use one of them as my desktop for a while. The castle is nestled in the Alps, and it makes the views amazing.
When approaching the castle from the roadway into Schwangau, this is your first view of it:
Inside Schwangau, there are sections of roadway that are closed to cars- but open to bicycles and horse drawn carriages. I love that they have signs for this.
Where a heavy tourism market springs up, so must there be signs. Lots and lots of signs. This one tells you that there’s a bathroom 150 meters to the right, and points out ways to reach both castles, the Museum of Bavarian Kings, and the Alpsee (Alp lake).
This is the view taken from the castle ramparts. This scene includes the town of Schwangau, the other castle (Hohenschwangau,) and the Alpsee. Plus a small portion of the Alps themselves.
Most everyone who goes to Neuschwanstein walks around back to the Marienbrücke, a small pedestrian bridge that looks over the backside. On a crowded day, the bridge looks like this:
Fighting those crowds is worth it though, because then you can get these next three shots:
Have you ever been to Schloss Neuschwanstein? What’s your favorite castle?
Whimsy. Tacos. The DMV. 