Fussen Day 3 - and the Tirol road trip

There was an occasional flurry this morning when we headed out on our roap trip.  First we went to Weiskirsche, a church out in a meadow.  We were lucky enough to arrive at the end of the mass - complete with choir singing.  Very nice and since you weren't allowed to take video or photos during mass, of course we did!!!  I lit a candle for a special friend in WV an then we headed to Oberammergau (home of the famous Passion Play).  While we there it really started snowing and then the higher in elevation we went, the more it snowedl  Oberammergau is just another town, we didn't spend much time there although I did stop at a bakery to get a cherry turnover.  It was cold, snowy, and we thought we would get a cup of coffee too, BUT, the girl had to close the shop for lunch, so we weren't allowed to have coffee.  I thought we were in Germany, not Belgium!

So, we drove off and on our way to Ettal to visit the monastery.  Benedictine monks still live there.  Moving on, we drove to Linderhof Castle, another home of Mad King Ludwig II.  Yes, he was crackers.  We found out today his younger brother Otto also had been "sent to the madhouse"'  We are lovin' Ludwig's life story.  He was crazy!  Before touring the castle though, we had to stop for lunch at the cafe on grounds.  Then while waiting for our turn for the tour, we took some photos of the garden.  Ludwig lived there alone, never had any visitors and slept all day and stayed up all night.  Vampire.  I think he was a vampire!!!!!

After Linderhof, we took the long way home in the falling snow around Plansee (a beautiful long lake), through twisty, winding mountain roads.  At this point we had actually crossed the border into Austria and continued through Reutte, Austria before heading back across the border into Germany and our home in Fussen.

We didn't get home until after 5pm and it was still snowing.  We had dinner in our hotel tonight and after a few errands after breakfast tomorrow, we will be headed to a little town named Staufen, 3.5 hours west of here.