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Photo:Sleeping Beauty Sleeps Here

October 27, 2011 By Danny

I suppose for a Disney purist, this is the home of Sleeping Beauty.  Having grown up in Florida, home of Disney World (not Disney Land) I have to say that it seems more like Cinderella’s Castle to me.  Regardless which of the Disney princesses you choose, Neuschwanstein Castle is the inspiration for Disney castle we all grew up with.

The castle itself is a real castle and is much larger than its Disney counterparts.  It’s setting is beautiful but often prone to very bad weather, as you can see here.  I took this photo as we entered the main courtyard before we entered. Surprisingly it’s not as old as you would think- it was built to be a grand castle only a few hundred years ago.

To see more of our favorite photos from around the world check out our travel photo page. Let us know your favorites and we’ll include them in our photo of the day series.

IF YOU GO:  You can get a Bavaria rail pass that will allow you to go anywhere in Bavaria for less than a round trip train ticket from Munich.  We did that and then our bus tickets were also covered, an added bonus.  This made a nice day trip from Munich but if you’re going to basing yourself in Munich be sure to give yourself enough time at the end of the day to visit the Bierhaus!

Filed Under: photos Tagged With: Disney, germany, Munich, neuschwanstein

Good Beer, Bad Beer & Ugly Beer

February 16, 2011 By Danny

Some beer is great, actually a lot of it is. So good in fact that we dedicated a Foodie Friday to all the different beers we tried while we were in Europe. Beer helped us to become friends with a few Iranians and we became enthralled in Tanzania where our beer options were Safari, Kilimanjaro, Uhuru and Serengeti. We tried a huge variety of beer on our trip, mostly because we wanted to collect a variety of labels, and here’s our good, bad and ugly.
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The Good

This one is really difficult to put our finger on. While we were in Cologne, Germany our friends there introduced us to Kölsch and explained to us that by law it has to come from that very region. We were there during the world cup, while Germany was making a run for the championship, and on game day we went to buy some and found the warehouse of a beer aisle at the local supermarket completely cleaned out. The beer is refreshing but really, is every bit as good as those wonderful pilsners we tried while we were in Prague….namely the original Budweiser. We didn’t have any trouble finding that in a local Prague bar and the local version of the familiar ‘black and tan’ was quite frankly amazing. Given that we have friends in both cities, I think we’re going to have to call it a tie. (I’m willing to take my chances that our friend in Munich isn’t reading….she might have a slightly different opinion.)

The Bad

TIMGP5001his one goes to Egypt. Many of us have been toasting the changes occurring there recently but the unfortunate truth is that Islamic countries, even secular ones, just don’t understand the concept very well. The local brew was actually OK but it was only memorable in that it was almost impossible to find outside of a tourist restaurant. Wanting to celebrate our completion of the overland Cape Town to Cairo route we struck out again and again. Finally we found a liquor store (we’d been told that the handful in existence were all run by Christians rather than Muslims….I’m not so sure of that) and, giving up on beer, made the switch to liquor. Have you ever heard of Jani Walker Red Lion? I imagine it is pretty similar to motor oil. Runner Up: Every time I go home and visit my parents I’m confronted with a refrigerator filled with Michelob Ultra. How Lance Armstrong, the world’s premier endurance athlete, became associated with a low-carbohydrate beverage is one mystery….how they get away with calling that yellow water beer is another.

The UglyIMGP2775

The recent purchase of Anheuser Busch by InBev has had many Americans upset that our American beer is being stolen by Europeans. Company number two, behind InBev is South African Brewing Co, based in Johannesburg. (In case your curious, familiar names like Miller and Peroni are SAB labels.) While in Jo’Burg we toured the International Beer Museum (which is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon) and were surprised to learn that our tour entitled us to a taste of traditional African beer. Thankfully it was just a taste and we were later given two pints of real beer, plus a small souvenir glass filled with some more.

This column of ishouldlogoff.com aims to answer those questions that we always get asked. What was your favorite this, or your worst that. Every week we aim to highlight a new topic and will do so until we run out of ideas. If you have an idea for a Good-Bad-Ugly post, feel free to tell us in the comment section below or send us an email. To read all of them, click here.

Filed Under: Beer & Wine, Good, Bad & Ugly, Headline, Travel Reflections Tagged With: africa, beer, drinks, egypt, europe, germany, good-bad-ugly, reflections, south_africa

Photo Tuesday: Cinderella’s Castle

December 14, 2010 By Jillian

Schloss Neuschwanstein, outside of Munich, is probably the stereotype of every little girl’s dream castle.  That’s mostly thanks to Disney, but without a doubt it’s our modern ideal of a castle.  We showed up on a dreary, rainy, foggy day, so frankly our pictures are awful.  Once inside, no photography was allowed and we spent our time giggling at our tour guide who would have been the perfect count dracula.  There’s no princess in the tower, but its about the best photo we have from that day.

Filed Under: Headline, photos Tagged With: castle, germany, photos

Photo Tuesday: World Cup 2010

November 9, 2010 By Jillian

World cup fever spread across Europe seemingly following us.  From the first games we saw in Germany, to the final match we saw from home, the excitment and energy of the World Cup was inescapable.  People cheered for their home team, their neighbor’s home team and the under dog.  In Brussels our friend’s neighbors were from Ghana and the night they were defeated the street went from noisy and boisterous to completely silent.  Here’s a little fan who played his vuvuzela loud and proud on the streets of Brussels.

Filed Under: photos Tagged With: belgium, brussels, culture, europe, futbol, germany, soccer, world cup

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