Austria

Vienna, Austria: 6.21-6.23

Anisha, Shahan & Lora

Day 1- walk through the city, Museum Quarters, Stephansdom

Stephansdom

Parliament

Museum Quarters

aka hip location

Day 2- Hofburg Imperial Palace, Kaisergruft (Imperial Burial Vault), Leopold Museum

Hofburg Imperial Palace

The Hofburg in Vienna is the former imperial residence. From 1438 to 1583 and from 1612 to 1806, it was the seat of the kings and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation, thereafter the seat of the Emperor of Austria until 1918. Today it is the official seat of the Austrian Federal President.

Kaisergruft

Day 3- Belvedere Palace, Demels

Belvedere Palace is a baroque palace complex built by Prince Eugene of Savoy. The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere is a museum housed in the Belvedere Palace, where Gustav Klimt's collection is displayed. The room with all of his work is my happy place (unfortunately, there are no cameras allowed near the artwork)

Demel

Germany

Munich, Germany: 6.18-6.21

Anisha, Shahan & Lora

Day 1- Jet lag, Creatif Hotel Elephant, Marienplatz City Center, cafe + beer + locals bar

Marienplatz

Day 2- Munich city tour (Max- Joseph-Platz, Marienplatz, Karlsplatz, Schloss Nymphenburg, Olympic Park, BMW Headquarters, Schwabing) + Restaurant (Mmm sausages)

cafe

Schloss (Palace of) Nymphenburg

The palace was the summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria.

gold EVERYWHERE

From 1826 to 1850, by order of King Ludwig of Bavaria, Joseph Stieler painted the portraits of 36 beautiful women from a variety of social classes, ranging from the daughter of a shoemaker to the daughter of a king. What he produced was a compendium of feminine beauty in accordance with the king's personal preferences. Beauty was considered to be an outward sign of moral perfection.

Palace's forest

*after shot* missed bus, too lazy to wait one hour in a beautiful palace so we decided to walk/run for 40 minutes to the next stop, Olympic Park...in a foreign country, in rain and with no sense of directions...RAN back to the original stop, barely made it...oh, did I mention that Olympic Park ended up being a 20 minute drive? yeah...

YUMMY white sausage

can't do Germany without beer

Day 3- Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Castles + Oberammergau

Linderhof Palace is a place in Germany, near Oberammergau in southwest Bavaria. It is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the only one of which he lived to see completion.

We weren't allowed to take pictures of the palace inside but it is said that Ludwig had an obsession with the French and therefore used Versailles as an influence. Ludwig would also completely seclude himself in this getaway palace; he would sleep during the day and wake up at 8PM, have lunch at 2AM, and breakfast at 8AM. He considered himself the "Night King"

Oberammergau

best remembered for its amazing mountainous surroundings

Neuschwanstein Castle in the distance built on the peak of a hill. The castle was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner, the King's inspiring muse. The castle was the inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle.

25 minute hike to get to the castle

Easily, THE most breathtaking and unreal landscape I have ever seen!

The view from the castle