Pete booked us in Augsburg's Quality Hotel 3 km from the old city. This was a typical chain hotel, but had free bikes for guests to borrow. We noticed that it was starting to get very hot as we drive north from Fuessen, so we were happy to use the bikes to get into the city. After we checked in, we borrowed a couple of bikes and headed to the old town. These bikes were cruiser bikes, 1 speed, 1 brake, and coaster brakes. It was a very leisurely ride to the town. ...

Planned to drive out to Landsburg and Augsburg this morning, but b/c of the fog yesterday, we decided to return to the castles for a couple of hours. Reason being, we didn't get to see Neuschwanstein from Mary's brigde. Yes, we are crazy, we paid another €5 for parking, and another €5 for a round trip bus ride to the bridge. But we figured, we made it all the way to Germany, we might as well see the view! Really thankful that for how our timing worked out! Si...

Hotel Altstadt Zum Hecthen, what can I say? Pete booked this hotel on a Rick Steve's tip, and it was fantastic! Quaint, solid comfortable beds, fluffy down pillows and thick down comforters. No a/c, but Fuessen was a breath of fresh air compared to Munich - cooler and less 'polluted'. We arrived the night before and champed our steadily growing luggage up the 4 small flights of stairs. Cristine, one if the owners, was skeptical that we could do it at first, but ...

Today, we returned to Radius Tour's office to take the Dachau KZ (concentration camp) Tour. We set off with our tour guide Ian and our large group on the train 1 stop to the town of Dachau and then a 10 minute bus ride to the memorial site. It was cool and drizzling - the perfect setting for what lay ahead. We arrived at the visitor's centre and from there made our way to the jour house, where the wrought iron gate to the camp stood with the words: Arbeit Macht ...

We started our day with a bike tour of the city with Radius Tours. My stomach was acting up the night before I think from the heat yesterday and from our rush in eating between sights. Anyway, being on a bike and in a forward position helped, but I was pretty beat. Our tour guide Iain was from GB but had moved to Munich for his gf - hmm. Noticing a theme here with the tour guides...anyway, we biked from the trainstation where the Radius' office is located, aroun...