The drive itself was gorgeous, courtesty of the alps!
We also had a pretty good game of "Decipher that Road Sign" going:
Watch out for frogs? Frog crossing? Frogs are slippery when squished?
First sighting of Schloss Neuschwanstein:
There was a very neat looking church just outside of Schwangau:
A view of Schloss Hohenschwanstein taken during our walk up to Schloss Neuschwanstein:
Marienbrucke was reportly the site to go to in order to get the best shots of Schloss Neuschwanstein:
On the way back to Augsburg, we took a small detour to the town of Oberammergau. I had never heard about this town before, but they are famous for the Passion Play that they do every ten years because of a vow the 1633 inhabitants made with God as part of asking Him to spare them from the bubonic plague. 2010 is one of those every ten years:
I saw sevetral actors outside the theatre taking a break. A gentleman who I'm pretty sure was the actor playing Jesus was outside smoking.
Also, I love how my mom has the ability to put everything in perspective with simple comments. I was talking to her about how the Oberammergau Passion Play is 7 hours long which is like an entire day. She reminded me that it took Jesus a day to die.
The pictures I included here are only a few of all that I took yesterday. All of the pictures can be found here.
1 comment:
Alps are amazing! Oh man, that place is like a fairy tale castle; absolutely amazing. I can't imagine actually seeing that in real life. Interesting about the play - brutal 7 hours? Who would watch a 7 hour play? I guess if I felt like god saved my town in exchange for doing/watching the play, though, I would watch it, too. Love that Jesus was smoking! LOL! Looks like you are having an incredible time! :)
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