Hotel Muller

We've had a very pleasant morning and afternoon driving leisurely around the country roads of Bavaria. Now we have arrived at our hotel in Hohenschwangau, the village that hosts two of King Ludwig II's castles;  Schloss Hohenschwangau where he grew up and Neuschwanstein which he had built after he became King in 1864 at age 18, the same year he came to his favorite Opera composer Richard Wagner's financial rescue.

So the car gets to relax on the street in front of the hotel. You can see Neuschwanstein castle in the distance, top center of the photo.

No more driving today.  We checked into Hotel Muller and to our room which had a balcony looking at the castle and windows on two sides. This was at a time when I shot more video that photos and as the video back then was not on a digital format I can't share interior room shots with you. We did convert them to DVDs for our own use at home so I guess if you want to see them you'll have to come over and visit....suffice to say the room was large and comfortable with a huge well-appointed bathroom and if ever in the future we visit here again we'll stay at the Muller. It was impossible to not just stand on the balcony in the sun and look up at the castle.....

The sun is getting low now and we have "magic light"

Losing the light

Dinner in the hotel restaurant was excellent-simple German cooking, meat (pork roulade) and potatoes washed down with huge steins of beer in a cosy atmosphere, with a view of the castle floodlit at night.
Cars were going up the steep incline for a private event happening up there. Tomorrow we would take a carriage ride up. Today's daytrippers had left via train and motor coach  and Hohenschwangau was a very peaceful place once again.

A heavy German dinner followed by a walk around the quiet village without meeting a soul...such a relaxed place to be. Tomorrow we would visit two castles and then set off an a long drive to the medieval town of Rothenburg. A busy day lay ahead so an early night was a good idea.

Hohenschwangau was quiet and still, so a good night's sleep was guaranteed.