just john

I think I needed this weekend to be just the way it was. I was tired of setting up house and small disasters to deal with. Bill was visiting on his way to and from France so I decided to do some sight seeing. I took the picture below from a foot bridge across a two or three hundred foot ravine. Castle Neuschwanstein, (new swan rock) I think in English is allegedly the castle Disney copied for their theme park. It's new, being less than 200 years old, and was built, I guess, by just about the last king of Germany. No pictures were allowed inside and everything is original and unrestored. The castle in the background was mom and dad's but we figured one was enough for the day.

This was about 2 hours drive from Stuttgart and had some open autobahn with light traffic in places. I was able to cruise around 170km/h and wind out fifth gear at 215km/h. Bill even managed to nap for a few minutes. The weather was a bit grey but we were spared the rain except on the way home. Getting in the castle was about a 15-20 minute walk on a bit of an incline as you might imagine.

Here's the view down from the bridge we walked across:

There is a series of 3 or four of these pools, all crystal clear and about the size of s large swimming pool. Not too bad a summer walk for the king.