A Bountiful and Magical Weekend In Bavaria

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I couldn't have asked for a better weekend.... we kicked it off with a concert in Cologne, featuring the Sounds and Fall Out Boy. It was packed, and the fans were crazy! The Germans were not too familiar with The Sounds, but they knew every word to every Fall Out Boy song, and hearing them sing the songs with their German accents was an experience with in itself! 

After the concert we stayed up all night to catch our 3:30am train to Bavaria. Our first stop was Munich, which was much more beautiful city than I had imagined. We started off with a stroll to the Olympic stadium, where the Olympics were held in the 1970's. We also walked through the BMW Museum and saw some pretty sweet cars and motorcycles. After the stadium we found a flier for a free bike tour of the city, so we took advantage of this amazing offer and toured the entire city on bike in a 3 hour tour. We saw everything from river surfers to Nudist Gardens and the famous grounds where Hitler battled Bavarian Armies.
We celebrated our completion of the bike tour at the world's most famous Beer hall, where Germany's most exported Beer is brewed. Here we feasted on Weiss Sausage, Bratwurst, giant prezels, and of course beer! It was a massive place, and said to hold over 1,500 people! Munich has so much to see, and is by far my favorite city of Germany!

Sunday we woke up early to go to the most southern tip of Bavaria, where the Neuschwanstein Castle is. This is the infamous castle Walt Disney based his castle off of and belongs to the famous King Ludwig, who unfortunately only got to enjoy it for less than a year due to a mental illness he suffered from. The castle was filled with beautiful murals of King Ludwig's famous legends and crazy gold chandeliers that weighed over 2,000 lbs! Walking through the castle was truly like 

being on a Disneyland ride, there was even a cave room! The hike was an uphill 45 minute walk and was incredibly scenic, as Bavaria lies right along the border of Switzerland, with the Swiss alps surrounding ev

erything. This castle was awesome and definitely a must see in Germany!!