Welcome to Bavaria! Adam and I took a long weekend to tour Bavaria. We stayed in a small town called Oberammergau. Oberammergau is the woodcarving capital of Germany. There are some neat shops in town! We truly enjoyed this trip, and we plan to visit the area again! 

We stayed at a guest house called the Friedenshoehe. We really liked it there, and we plan on staying there several more times before we leave Germany. www.friedenshoehe.com 

Here we are on the balcony off our room. The scenery was great! 

Ok, time for a laugh! This is our room!! The Friedenshoehe does have larger rooms with double beds. So no need to worry about staying there in the future. By the time we made reservations, it was this or nothing! The great thing is, it didn't matter. It was a wonderful place to stay! 

We enjoyed the peace and quiet that came with our great view!

Nice view! 

Here is a great example of a painted building in the downtown area. 

Edelweiss Lodge and Resort is an Armed Forces Recreation Center in Garmisch. We stopped there to check it out, and we concluded that the best thing it has going for it is the scenery. We're glad we stayed somewhere else. It's a very nice resort, but it doesn't give you the full German experience. 

This is what separates the downtown area of Oberammergau from the Friedenshoehe, where we stayed. Adam sure looks at home! 

Oberammergau has many buildings that display painted scenes, most of them biblical, on their facades. 

Almost every building had flower boxes overflowing with color. 

We just love this little town! We can't wait to visit when it's covered in snow! 

This painted building stands out from the rest. I don't know if it's the blue background or what, but it draws your attention away from the others. 

Check out the wood carving on this house! 

This is the Linderhof Castle; King Ludwig's "getaway" castle. It's much smaller than the others, but quite impressive inside. 

Adam and Sarah at Schloss Linderhof. 

This is a view of Linderhof from across the pond. 

We were lucky enough to catch the fountain erupting. 

This is the view from the front of Linderhof. 

This is the view on the backside of Linderhof. 

The Wieskirche, whose official name is Pilgrimage Church of the Scourged Saviour (Wallfahrtskirche zum Gegei�elten Heiland auf der Wies in German), is the most beautiful rococo church in Bavaria and probably in the world. The church has been a UNESCO world heritage site since 1983.

The church was completed in 1754 based on designs by the brothers Dominikus and Johann baptist Zimmermann and is a masterpiece of 18th century rococo art. Rococo is a late baroque building style dating between 1730 and 1770. (Information from http://www.molon.de/Galleries.htm) 

This is altar that contains the wooden sculpture that supposedly wept in the 1700's. 

This is a portion of the ceiling inside. The ceiling is actually flat, but you'd never guess by the way it is painted. 

A stroll down the road looking back on Wieskirche. 

This is the view from our room the morning we went to Neuswanstein, Hehenschwangau and Wieskirche. It was a rainy day, but the mountains looked neat!