Sunday, March 29, 2009

Paris (Sunday March 29) our last stop on Independent Travel


Grand Hotel Leveque on Rue Cler - our base in Paris


Rue Cler is a pedestrian street - like one BIG farmer's market - every day!


A produce stand on Rue Cler


On Sunday - under the overhead Metro, is another market with prepared foods!


Zaxby's has nothing on this man!


Just one of the 3000 pictures we have of the Effel tower!


Effel with orange fleurs!



Effel with Patty (#101)


Patty looking at the giant strawberries on Rue Cler


Ulyses Restaurant - making Nutella crepes.


Tour boat on the Seine River (on our Sunday walk)


Oh, did I tell you that it was freezing while we were in Paris!


I call this "naked woman and horse"



A gate on the Champs-Elysees


Cool signage on the Champs!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Munich & Fussen Germany

We arrived in Munich late in the afternoon and after checking into our hotel, we headed out to "old town". Munich was just a layover for us as we were heading to Fussen, so we had to see the famous clock and the Hofbrauhaus.


Old town Munich at night.


The ceiling in the Hofbrauhaus.


Olm Pah band in the Hofbrauhouse.

Yum, large soft pretzels!

The old clock (glockenspiel) at Old Town city square with life size figures.


Our carriage ride up to Neuschwanstien Castle.


Ready for the ride (it was snowing while we were visiting)


We passed a carriage coming down the mountain as we went up!


A look at King Ludwig's childhood castle home (Hohenschwangau)
in the distance.


Snow on Neuschwanstien Castle


Another view of the castle on our ride up the mountain.
We had to walk from this point onward!
Looking through the carriage gates of the castle.
Patty loves the snow in Fussen, Germany

Another view of the castle.

A view of King Ludwig II's childhood castle home .
A hotel in Schwangau at the base of the castle mountain.
Andy checks out the horses

Downtown Fussen, Germany


Our hotel in Fussen


The castle in Fussen (2000 yrs old) just outside our hotel room.


A street in Fussen