Germany

Last week we thought that Switzerland was our favorite memory, this week we would say that Germany was our favorite.... Just can't make up our mind as to what is the most impressive...castles? Medieval cities? the Alps? Hummmm.... hard decision. Check out this picture of Heidelburg - can you see the castle in the background.

We saw so many castles, I won't name them all for you, but here is another castle that was absolutely stunning - Ludwig's Castle, which is the castle that Walt Disney modeled Cinderella's castle after. I would say that this castle was indeed a "fairy tale" castle.

Another fabulous castle is the Hohenschwangau castle on the Austrian border in the Swiss Alps. This castle was decorated from the "dark ages" with knights in shining armor -- you could almost see the "damsels in distress".

We took a Rhine River Cruise and saw about 25 castles along the river bank. Some of these castles are still lived in today.