Showing posts with label Lindau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lindau. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Sep 2010 Euro trip Day 6: Lindau -> Luzern

Lindau landmark - Port entrance with Lighthouse and Bavarian Lion


Lindau Town Museum
Lake side hotels that I can't afford

The hotel where we stayed

Zurich Station
Luzern


A village by the lake



Alpnachstad Station



On the way to mountain Platus Kulm (2132m)




top of the hill
from the lookout






Kriens is the last stop. A bus ride is provided to get back to Luzern station.
The whole trip was about 4 hours and only cost 47.6 Frank (after the discount of Euro rail pass) which was really cheap considering the cost of living in Switzerland.

Monday, 25 October 2010

2010 Sep Euro trip - Day 5 - Linderhof - Munich - Lindau

Today's schedule was quite intense. We left Schwangau and stopped at Linderhof Palace on the way to Munich. We also needed to return the rental car at Munich before 1:30 pm, and then catching the 4:30 pm train to Lindau. 
We did not want to stay overnight at Munich because it's the 200 anniversary of Oktoberfest and it was very difficult to get a room near the train stations with a reasonable price... So we only spent a few hours in the Oktoberfest before catching the train to Lindau.

The view from Schwangau to Linderhof was stunning. Part of the journey was in Austria. It's a pity I wasn't able to stop and take good photos as the roads were narrow so I could not stop wherever I wanted.


The car we rented ... the Audi, not the Porsche 




After about 1 hour and 15 minutes, we arrived the Linderhof Palace.

The entrrance to the Palace, guided tour required.

The garden in the front of the Palace. There were lots of beautiful gardens, but we didn't have enough time to visit them.


The sides of the Palace.

Here we were at the Oktoberfest venue.

The Dom next to it.




































One of the big tents.


Another tent.
Munich train station.

Another 2.5 hours we arrived Lindau. The hotels near the lake looked really charming in the evening.


Lindau landmark night shot.