We rented an Opel from Frankfurt and drove all the way to Munich - some 650+ kms (Yeah, its all km here). This included driving to Karlsruhe. Resmi ably navigated with the help of printed google maps directions, a AAA map and a half working GPS. After triangulating our way to Kallu's place and sleeping off the jetlag, we took off the next morning to drive along the Romantische Strasse (Romantic Road). (Day2) This included stops at medieval Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, Nordlingen and Fussen. Its pretty cool to drive along a 2 lane highway at 100+ km/hr.
Fussen is the nearest point for the obligatory visit to the Neushwainstein castle (picture the Disney castle in a fantastic location surrounded by lakes and mountains). After a 30 minute walk up the hill, we clicked some pictures and were off on our way to Munchen.
Day3 (Aug 10)
Munchen was great. We reached pretty late and had dinner at the Indian restaraunt attached to the hotel we were staying at. The next morning, we went to the city and met with Resmi's friend. We had lunch with him at an excellent local cafe while he gave us a good idea of what to see in Munich in 4 hours. We climbed up a bunch of stairs at a tower in old Munchen to get an excellent birds eye view of the city. After going to the legendary Hofbrauhaus (oldest beer house around), we took a guided bus tour to go around the city. After that it was time to go to Salzburg.
It was great to meet with Sathish's dad who happened to be in Munich for the same few hours as us.
An aside
For those interested, the max speed I drove at was 185km/hr (~115 mph). The car refused to go any faster even after flooring it. I was passed at will by the nicer German cars on the road. Next time...
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Perhaps next time you should chuck the car and do the Marathon!!! :)
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