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Friday morning included my last hours in the third destination of our trip, Munich. Before catching our train to Füssen, we searched quickly for a Bayern Munich jersey with a players name on the back. We could not locate one and I left Munchen jersey-less. Luckily I had bought some other fun things there, so I didn't feel upset. I was pretty sure after the first few stops that we were on the wrong train. The conductor had not said express train to Fuessen (what we could make out in German) in a long time. All the people who looked like tourists had gotten off the train well before then, and waited on another platform. But finally, for the last stop the conductor actually spoke in English. I have no idea why he waited that long but oh well. His reassuring words (even though I hoped we were on the wrong train) were "ladies and Gentleman last stop is Füssen. 

The first day in the small city was pretty good. I like this place way better than our other country side stop, Bourton-On-The-Water. I like it better for many reasons. One is, it is way, way bigger of a city. Two is, the country side here has things in it. Like landforms and what not. I mean all England's country side was hills, flowers, hills, flowers, and about nothing. Here there are mountains with snow, lakes, waterfalls, trees that look cool, and we even saw some alpacas. I mean who doesn't love alpacas? 

Today we visited 2 castles. Hohenschwangau (h) and Neuschwanstein (n). I know, easy names pronounce. h is the more boring castle, but of course you still need to go! Castles can't just be super duper boring. It's the childhood home of King Ludwig and his brother Otto. It's not as extravagant as the castle Ludwig was responsible for (n). Ludwig was a king who just threw money everywhere for pretty useless items. Like even more than your average king. He loved castles and when he built them, he did not hold back........ AT ALL. Just an example: His bed in his room is hand carved by expert carvers. It took them 4 years to carve it. The top of the bed has major, major detail. The way it looks is super amazing and that's just the top of his bed.... 4 YEARS! Anyway, it's a interesting story. Maybe as one of my last blog posts on this blog I'll do a special when I get home on King Ludwig and his castles! 

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