Koenigschlosses

From Switzerland, we crossed into western Austria, then, avoiding the toll-roads, into Germany, Fussen, and the Koenig Schlosses, the castles of mad King Ludwig, who was, certainly, mad, but also Wagner's royal friend and benefactor; for a while.... We had visited them in 1989, so settled for a mere drive-by shooting.

Hohenschwangau in its Alpine setting

Closer up

Closer up still

And Neuschwanstein, a mile or two away

Closer-up; Ludwig had this thing about Schwans, from

Wagner, mostly; said now to have been inspired by

Disney...

Pretty Fussen, where we also had the good luck of finding

a water pump to replace our leaking Shurflo model 2088; I

 installed it immediately