Stansted

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-securityLæs mere
Memmingen Airport

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

The house is great! We've got our bearings and cooked in a well outfitted kitchen. Ready for exploring now!
Dachau Town

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

A sobering start to our trip but it was definitely somewhere we felt we needed to visit
Willkommen in den Alpen

Bad Reichenhall

A lunchstop in Bad Reichenhell to collect Jake's fellow Johnian. Congrats on your results!
The Eagle's Nest

Hitler's mountain war offices and hideout on the Austrian border. Access to the top is through a lift inside the mountain
Könnigsee

A late afternoon walk around the very picturesque lake of Könnigsee. Great views of the surrounding Alps and Obersalzberg!
Deutsches Museum

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 walkLæs mere
The Old City

The sights of the historic centre of Munich! Ft. A fairly large pizza
English Gardens

A huge park in the middle of Munich. Complete with swimming, surfing and beach volleyball
German Brewery

Apfelstrudel and beer from a traditional Munich brewery
Neuschwanstein

The Alps rise up out of nothing and in from of them sits the famous fairytale castle. The Zugpitzë in the background
Alpsee

A walk around the lake with a picnic at the far side looking out to Neuschwanstein castle
Neuschwanstein Pt.2

Took the shuttle bus up from Hohenschwangau castle to Neuschwanstein itself. The Kings of Bavaria ruled from these two castles
Österreich

A quick hop over the border into Austria!
Ulm

A day in the medieval town of Ulm. Site of Napoleon's greatest victory and the birthplace of Lord Albert Einstein
Nürnberg Zoo

Nuremburg zoo is huge! We spent pretty much all day there but it was well worth it
Creamy Old England

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
Rejsendebetween us we'll have visited every spoons in the country