Bavaria_Austria 2012

Bavaria & Austria ( May 30 - June 8, 2012) was my first trip with Dynasty Travel. It was indeed a beautiful trip filled with wonderful memories. This was an itinerary which I was eyeing at for the past 2 years. I was overjoyed when I finally found a travel kaki for this trip. This is my 8th trip travelling with Gina, my ex-colleague. We had an experienced tour guide Seok Lee and a great group of 31 pax in total. In particular, it's really great knowing Jeffrey  ( the photographer art director) and Ailing ( our shopping queen), Eunice and Cheryl, Chris and family, Megan and family and the rest of the tour group. All ever so obedient and punctual for our respective timings to gather together. Let me take you through a summary of the trip.

Our first stop upon arrival at Frankfurt airport was to Nuremburg on May 31, 2012. That was the place of the German Emperors during the Middle ages.

 Heading towards Nuremburg Castle

 Surrounded by the medieval city 

 At Rothenburg ob der Tauber - the Romantic Road of Germany

 Our local guide for the afternoon walking tour

 Well preserved medieval walls

 Pat in the fairy tale like Town Square

 On 1 June - heading to visit the Neuschwanstein Castle

 The beauty of 'Mad King' Lugwig's fairy tale castle

 Pat & Gina

 By the meadows - to visit Wieskirche

 The famous baroque church in the world - Wieskirche, also known as the church in the meadow

 Am awed by such beauty

 2 June - My personal highlight of the trip - Zugspitze

 Loving every moment 

 Pat with the BMW up on the hill

We took the cable car up and descended via the train. Indeed Zugspitze is Germany's highest attraction at 2962m. Fantastic panoroma view too

 Next we proceeded to Oberammergau where it is famous for its frescoes of traditional Bavarian themes, fairy tale or religious scenes and the world famous passion play

 Another personal highlight for me - Linderhof Castle our 2nd optional tour. To me, this day is the one with the most memories - packaged with fun with the snow, the murals and finally the amazing castle. I was just soaked in the sights that really made the photographer's day.

 June 3 - We drove to Wattens for a visit to the Swarovski Crystal World - amazing display. Yes this is my first time in a dress on my trips. 

 Pat & her flowers

 In Innsbruck exploring the city - went into 3 churches - the architecture in there was simply amazing

 4th June - we were at Eagle's Nest. This was an adventure. The most expensive of the optional tour and it rained. Hence battling the cold weather, we walked to the sight after the resort bus dropped us at our destination. Nursing a cough, I had to keep myself warm and also to protect my camera as the raindrops were  pitting against us with the wind.

 Thankfully the rain stopped in the afternoon. Here we are at Mirabelle Gardens where the Sound of Music was filmed.

 Our Tour Group

 Pat in the heart of the flowers

 In Salzburg

 Evening during dinner we were entertained by the 'The Sound of Salzburg' Show

 5th June - visited the Salt Mines- this is as nice as the one I saw in Poland -the difference for this one is we slided down 2 slides - wow, what an adventure and such thrill. 

 Next we boarded a cruise in the afternoon to see the final castle

 At Herrenchiemsee Castle

 6th June in Munich - City Tour

 At BMW outlet - posing with the blue sports car

 7 June - Free day - walking around the city square

How time flies, it's back to Singapore. I really enjoyed this trip, a wonderful break with fond memories of the sights and the adventures. We are really blessed with great weather and nice travel kakis. Thank you. Look forward to more travel adventures.