Where Fairytales Are Made

The last stretch of our journey was in the dreamy countryside of Bavaria.

This Cathedral was nestled back in the Bavarian countryside. This Cathedral was actually Catholic and the ornate gold decorations spoke to it's faith. It felt Catholic, if that makes sense?

The cows even had bells!

Seriously! Look at that countryside!

The Black forest wasn't nearly so ominous as I had anticipated. It  was lovely.

Jared was ecstatic about his half a chicken. The food at this outdoor restaurant was the very definition of comfort food! I had an especially delicious dish of cheesy spinach scalloped potatoes. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

We had stopped in the very touristy, yet exceedingly delightful town of Rothenburg. Here Spence and I are introducing you to the Medieval Museum of Torture. Yikes! My stomach was a little sick by the time I left this building. How can humans be so cruelly ingenious. I was just glad I could laugh and have fun while not so long ago others would have been screaming in pain.

We took pictures of some of the less gory tortures. These masks were used to shame people if they had been gossiping, being glutinous or other socially inappropriate behaviors.

Postcard picture from Rothenburg.

Rothenburg still has a city wall and we were able to walk around it. This is us looking down on the town below.

Castles! The reason every little girl dreams of a European vacation.

Two castles on the forested hilltops. It was a Romantics dream come true. What more could a girl ask for? Other then a hot Prince to go with the hillside castle & I had both!

Last up we have Jared in what was probably his most glorious moment of the vacation. Here my husband stands in the largest beer hall in the world. Here we come Octoberfest!