Сourse on a new journey! v(*^-^*)v
The countdown ticker is already placed in the epigraph, which means that my family & me are returning to Bavaria soon!
Awww, I'm so happy, cannot wait for it!
To celebrate birthday in my beloved Hohenschwangau with dearest people - nothing could be better
Oh, and all those fairy Christmas markets, glühwein and gingerbread...

(the only thing left is to survive till that moment with all these bloody tons of work and postgraduate exam stuff
Heh, and J-pop Fest, which is pure fun, but would take a lot of effort and time as well
)So... for now I'd like to share some shots from my last visit there, which took place previous NYE
I've got lots of them and it's nearly impossible to choose ones or other, but I'll try to upload some random pictures from time to time (and I still haven't arranged summer photos, year-and-a-half old
, among which are many exceptionally beautiful nature (and beer!
) shots, like that
&
...not even talking about pictures from earlier trips
)

View from one of our windows in Room 45
... it could be so different, but is always magical in its own way 

I'd like to devote the first post from this - let's say - series to Hotel Müller Hohenschwangau
Together with my family I absolutely ADORE it
That's the family hotel with truly long and rich history, indissociable with development of the whole area, it's very cosy and feels like lovely home to us for several years already (omg, time flows so quickly!
It feels like our first visit there - which was rather accidental, but undoubtedly fated - was so recent :/). And the staff is incredible! Müller Family and all the personnel, thank you all so much!
I was lucky and traveled quite a lot, having hotels (of rather different types) I really enjoy and love to return to, but since the first visit to HM it undoubtedly holds the first place in the faves list
Although my most favourite room has to be No. 35, it's very special for some reason... this time we're going to live there! 


And now -> huge OFFTOP

BTW, many people see Hohenschwangau village as entrepot, where it makes sence to stay for only one-two days to visit must-see sight (castles
, Marienbrücke, etc.) and no more :/ This is one of the options, yeah, but - I assure you - if you have possibility to stay longer and actually live there for some time, not only spend one night (which is great too, 'course
), this place feels whole different and becomes, in my opinion, much more engaging, giving you impressions and possibilities you'd never be able to enjoy in your short touristic trip
It can be starting point for so many paths and places to visit!
As well as Schwangau and Füssen, of course, but here you reside right at the beginning of countless routes and - maybe more importantly - there's undoubtedly something very special in living precisely there, viewing castles and mountains at dawn every morning and admiring myriads of stars reflecting in Alpsee in evenings 
Also the village itself is very different during daytime, when it's full of tourists (mind you, it has its charm too - lots of new and different people, all happy to see magically beautiful scenes, for some of which - like my parents & me - this area becomes very dear
... cut a long story short, they doesn't disturb me at all
btw, there're very few tourists outside of several classic routes
) and when they all leave and Hohenschwangau becomes quiet and intimately cosy 
Hmmm... honestly, I dunno why am I writing it here in the first place, but I just wanted to, all of a sudden
Offtop ends here

, but there's no need in such a huge, but rare posts
So I'd better continue some other time
Wish everyone all the very best! 





