September 30th
We got up early and left the hotel on what will be a long day.

First stop for the day was Friedricshaven which is about 2 hours out of Munch. Here we visit the Zeppelin airship museum and have a walk around the town.

The town is set on lake Constanz which borders Switzerland and Germany. Its a fairly clear day so we can see the huge Swiss alp monoliths. After a bite to eat in a beergarten overlooking the lake we head off for our next 2 hours of driving.

The car is a shit bucket, how Holden thinks they can sell this crap box has got us buggered. This is basically the Dawoo Nibria or Holden viva as we know it. no power, 3rd gear cant be found very well, the radio intermittently switches from cd to radio every half hour or so. wipers useless, no seat comfort and now the air bag light has come on and its only done 13000 ks.
We visit king Ludwigs castle in Neuschwanstein…. he’s the guy that Oktoberfest was started as his wedding reception and his castle is the one the Disney castles were modelled off. It was either a 40 minute horse drawn carriage ride or the 15 minute bus ride we took the bus, which was a gruelling trip up the narrow alpine track.
The small village was set up pretty well to get the tourist dollars with plenty of restaurants, cafes and souvenir shops, we tried out the king Ludwig beirgarten before heading the 100 km journey to Innsbruck in Austria.

The GPS we optioned to the car has been worth every cent it is taking us to the door of every hotel and attraction. There is no need to read crazy German street signs, just wait for the girl to say when to turn.

We ended the day in Innsbruck Austria which you will hear about on the next days travel.



Posted in 2006

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