Day 51 13/5/06 - Germany

Munich -> Fussen -> Augsburg

Highlight

• Driving down the "Romantic Road" in our hired Mercedes. Actually we didn't feel so special driving a Merc at all since everyone else was either in a merc, a BMW or an Audi :(. Along the way, there are great views of the Alps and lakes, it was really beautiful, especially when the sun made an appearance.
• We toured two castles associated with the famous King Ludwig II. Schloss Neuschwanstein is the one everyone is familiar with, the one the Disneyland castle is based upon. It was huge and very very extravagant. What is surprising is that it is only 1/3 completed! The other is Schloss Hohenschwangau, the castle of Ludwig's parents. It's much less extravagant, but also much less crowded with tourists, making for a pleasant tour, unlike that of Neuschwanstein (hehe try pronouncing that one quickly).
• Slokky really wanted to try a currywrust so we got one at a restaurant with an outside stall. We should know better than to eat at touristy and expensive places, they have never been good experiences. Well, now we know a currywrust is just a wrust where you put your own curry powder on it. The bun was dry and they made you pay for sauce (a cardinal sin in Germany when you are buying wrust!).
• Dinner at another Bib Gourmande. The water was still expensive, but at least the portions were more generous, and I think actually tastes better than yesterday as it was much less pretentious. Our waiter was very friendly not to mention German efficient.
• It was Saturday, so time to go supermarket hunting for water. Like Italy, all the shops close on Sundays. We found Norma, but unfortunately, it is just like Aldi, but with even less stuff, and no natural mineral water, so we had to make do with juice.

Food

• Bread with sauce and oil.
• Ritter Sports Fig (.69).
• Sarotti Marzipan (.49).
• Sarotti chocolate mousse (.49).
• Currywurst with bread roll (2.7).
• White asparagus soup (3.5).
• Deer with cranberry stuffed pear and potato dumplings (14.5).
• Roast pork in beer sauce and cabbage salad (8.95).
• Beer 0.33L (2.3).