Jen and Dave: Adventuring

After a lot of travel yesterday, we thought an easy day made sense. We slept in, had breakfast, and then wandered over to the local castle. Yes, seriously, another one. This one really layers the history, from old monastery to Renaissance rooms, to a royal wedding in the 1950’s, to being the current summer residence of Duke Franz of Bavaria. It was a real life space – there is even a doorway with heights of children with names and dates, including the height of Ludwig in his youth.

The tour was small – just us and a schoolgirl and her mother. It was supposed to be all in German, with English booklets for us to follow along, but the guide kindly added short English translations and additions for us when something was significant, which was so kind. Highly recommend the Schloss Berchtesgaden.

We then did some grocery shopping and retired to our room for lunch and a nap. Refreshed, we spent an hour or do shopping and poking around before dinner – schnitzel for Dave, and a pork knuckle with bread ball dumpling for Jen. Dave said the schnitzel reminded him of fish and chips. Jen found the pork knuckle delicious but rich – it reminded her of the crackling pig at her brother and sister-in-law’s wedding – but the bread dumpling bland and unappetizing in texture.

After dinner we walked north through town to check out shops and architecture and views. Really a lovely town.