June 4 Neuschwanstein

Sorry this is late but no internet lately. Our b&b did not come with breakfast so we headed to the local grocery store which also had a cafe. Carl had bacon, cheese bun and I had a big cherry cheese streusel. Since we did not want to stand in line at the castles we headed up the mountain earlz and got an 8:50 entry to Schloss Hohenschwangau and 10:55 for Schloss Neuschwanstein. King Ludwig II lived in the first castle until he was 18 and he build the second as his own castle. The view of this castle is incredible especially from the outside but the inside was also interesting. The view from the castle of the surrounding area was breathtaking. We finished our tours, had some lunch and began our trip on the Romantic Road. The guide book sent us to Wies and the Wieskirche. This huge church is seemingly in the middle of nowhere and although plain on the outside, the interior is a Rococo masterpiece. There were bright frescoes, statues, columns, gilded stucco wood carvings and an enormous cupulo that took 8 years to create by 1754. Landsberg am lech was the next stop. After parking beside the river, it soon became apparent that something was going on. The locals were gathered on the bridge watching the water. It was high and about 1 metre to the bottom of the nearest building. The flooding at Passau was all over the news today. If we had taken a later cruise we could have been stuck here. There was 2 cruise ships stranded in Passau. We stopped at a Gasthof late in the afternoon and inquired about a room. This ended up being our last stop for today with authentic german food served for dinner. Interestingly no English was spoken here and no internet was provided.