The reason for halting at Fussen was, it is the closest town from the beautiful castles of Germany. 'Neuchwanstein' castle is nestled on a small hill surrounded by pine forests and taller mountains. The castle with its many towers and ramparts is the inspiration for the legendary logo of Disneyland, hence also referred to as Disney castle. A weird, nose twitching, commando style dressed lady who was the manger of our Fussen hotel informed us that there are long q...

We woke up groggily after yesterday's super adventure which we had brought upon ourselves. Bhaiyya had already gone for his jog. Raj and I decided to walk around and explore the place. The place was fairy tale like. Next to our hotel was a 'tabela' with innumerable jersey cows and middle aged farmer was attending to the cows giving a feel of a real village. There were many open meadows where the crop had been harvested while some places the crops were still stand...

Bhaiyya's (Varun Chawla) message was already on our WhatsApp group when we got up on our 6th day of trip. His train was running late by 1 hour which gave us enough time to get ready. After two days of cold and clouds we were treated to speckless blue skies with brilliant summer sun. Bhaiyya met us outside the train station as coordinated on WhatsApp. Quickly putting his luggage in the boot of our VW we scooted off to our first destination of the day; the eagles n...

It was 2145 hrs as we pushed off for our next destination in pitch darkness. We were joking and laughing all the way unaware of what uncertainties lay ahead. Raj had called up the hotel to inform our late arrival. As we would come to know later the hotel was more of a hostel but with private rooms in a huge barn like wooden building in a quaint little village. The hotel staff leaves by 2200 hrs so if we were to arrive later, following were the instructions as und...