Stansted
June 23, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Good thing we left Folkestone so early today as there was no traffic anywhere so we only reached the airport 4 and a half hours early. Means there was time for a Spoons breakfast and a pre-securityRead more
Memmingen Airport
June 23, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Arrived at Memmingen airport with only a small delay. Took a while to pick up the hire car but we got an upgrade!
Oberschleißheim Hausen
June 23, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
The house is great! We've got our bearings and cooked in a well outfitted kitchen. Ready for exploring now!
Dachau Town
June 24, 2022 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
A late lunch in the historic town and then a walk around to see the views from Dachau Schlöss at the top of the hill. Then the thunderstorms arrived...
Dachau Concentration Camp
June 24, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
A sobering start to our trip but it was definitely somewhere we felt we needed to visit
Willkommen in den Alpen
June 25, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Bad Reichenhall
June 25, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
A lunchstop in Bad Reichenhell to collect Jake's fellow Johnian. Congrats on your results!
The Eagle's Nest
June 25, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Hitler's mountain war offices and hideout on the Austrian border. Access to the top is through a lift inside the mountain
Könnigsee
June 25, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
A late afternoon walk around the very picturesque lake of Könnigsee. Great views of the surrounding Alps and Obersalzberg!
Deutsches Museum
June 26, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Into Munich itself today and our first stop was the Deutsches museum. Think the science museum in London but 5X larger. They'd even built replica mine shafts under the museum which you could walkRead more
The Old City
June 26, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The sights of the historic centre of Munich! Ft. A fairly large pizza
English Gardens
June 26, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
A huge park in the middle of Munich. Complete with swimming, surfing and beach volleyball
German Brewery
June 26, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Apfelstrudel and beer from a traditional Munich brewery
Neuschwanstein
June 27, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The Alps rise up out of nothing and in from of them sits the famous fairytale castle. The Zugpitzë in the background
Alpsee
June 27, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
A walk around the lake with a picnic at the far side looking out to Neuschwanstein castle
Neuschwanstein Pt.2
June 27, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Took the shuttle bus up from Hohenschwangau castle to Neuschwanstein itself. The Kings of Bavaria ruled from these two castles
Österreich
June 27, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
A quick hop over the border into Austria!
Ulm
June 28, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
A day in the medieval town of Ulm. Site of Napoleon's greatest victory and the birthplace of Lord Albert Einstein
Nürnberg Zoo
June 29, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Nuremburg zoo is huge! We spent pretty much all day there but it was well worth it
Creamy Old England
June 30, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
And so the journey ends. After thunderstorms were forecast every day in Germany, typically, the worst weather we've had was coming back to England
Travelerbetween us we'll have visited every spoons in the country