travels, holidays and more…

In this picture, taken some weeks ago, there is the last snow (most probably) of this 2007. And I feel a bit sad, because even if is true that the snow produces some annoyances, still is in the normal flow of the season. Anyway, talking about the picture, is a dawn of a typical cold [...]

During our trip to Germany, some years ago, we stopped for a few days in Oberammergau from where it’s easy to go to Ludwig’s castles.
The first one I went to visit was Linderhof, built in 1874-1878, which is in Ettal, at a little over an hour’s distance from Oberammergau and from the other two castles [...]

The Hohenschwngau Castle, built in 1832-1836, was Ludwig’s parents’ castle. Here young Ludwig spent all his childhood. It’s very close, practically attached to the more famous Neuschwanstein Castle. In fact you can already catch a glimpse of it from the parking lot where all the busses stop. It’s unique because of [...]