Picture Essay of our, DIS Exclusive, "Once Upon a Fairytale" adventure

[k5jm]

We just returned home yesterday from our DIS exclusive Germany adventure and it was AMAZING!! The Guides, the people, the sites, the sounds, and locations were just fantastic. No complaints!! We started off with with a couple of days in Paris ahead of our adventure...


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[k5jm]

We left Paris and took a Train to Heidelberg to meet-up with the rest of our fellow adventurers. Our Guides were Frankie and Stephanie and they were AMAZING!!!

Went through Frankenstein!

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[k5jm]

After Heidelberg we headed off to Waldeck via Alsfelt. Where is the town of Ausfahrt? ;-)

Wo Ausfahrted?

Kinder Jail

Waldeck

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[k5jm]

After Waldeck, we headed off to Kassel to see the Lowenburg Castle and the Hercules Statue before heading to amazing eye-candy of Rothenburg...

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When my lovely wife gets her hands on my camera...

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[k5jm]

After Rothenburg, we were off to Munich via the Steiff Bear Factory. In Munich we met up with our Step-on guide, Michael. A quick check-in at the hotel, then off on the "Michael 500" around Munich and Oktoberfest.


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[k5jm]

On the final full day of the Adventure we traveled to the Neuschwanstein Castle. I will let the pictures speak for themselves.


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The bridge where the "postcard" photos are taken...

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We then had our "See ya real soon" dinner,


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Thanks for looking, folks!!

pic by RKDAHL

 

[sayhello]

Fabulous pics, Mike! You must have had a heck of a time picking which to post!

Sayhello

 

[OKW Lover]

Enjoyed your pictures Mike!

 

[MermaidsMom]

Wow! Great pictures, I will be following this. Thanks!

 

[calypso726]

Great pictures! What type of camera were you using?

 

[disneylover1980]

everything looked so nice,and clean! We made me look up their Australia tour! LOL!

 

[k5jm]

Great pictures! What type of camera were you using?

I am using a Canon 6D,

This trip I used a 80-200 F2.8L Lens, 17-40 F4L, 40mm F2.8, 50mm F1.8.

 

[Cousin Orville]

Awesome pictures! Look forward to seeing more.

 

[rrali33tt]

Great pics! I am going on this trip next year for my honeymoon!

Quick question - how long is the train ride from Paris to Heidelburg?

 

[MinnieGarden]

Great pics! I am going on this trip next year for my honeymoon!

Quick question - how long is the train ride from Paris to Heidelburg?

There are several options, but our train was about 3:15 or so. It was 3 hours from Paris to Mannheim, which is about 30 minutes by car from Heidelberg. In Mannheim, we boarded a commuter train and it was a 15 minute trip to Heidelberg. The commuter train was very full and we were silly Americans with lots of luggage!

 

[k5jm]

There are several options, but our train was about 3:15 or so. It was 3 hours from Paris to Mannheim, which is about 30 minutes by car from Heidelberg. In Mannheim, we boarded a commuter train and it was a 15 minute trip to Heidelberg. The commuter train was very full and we were silly Americans with lots of luggage!

Sweetheart, we stuck out because we did not have earbuds in our ears while listening to David Hasselhoff.

 

[k5jm]

Updated 10/11/2013

 

[k5jm]

Some panoramic pictures from the trip...


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[tufbuf]

Wow! Great photos!! Are those panos the ones you stitch together? You must be carrying a tripod around with a pano head? It's great you find time to do that since the photos are so worth it! Also, the HDR photos, did you take in 1 stop increments?

 

[k5jm]

Wow! Great photos!! Are those panos the ones you stitch together? You must be carrying a tripod around with a pano head? It's great you find time to do that since the photos are so worth it! Also, the HDR photos, did you take in 1 stop increments?

Oddly enough, even though I had my tripod with me and my DSLRs, I used my Nexus 4 to take the panoramics and the HDR pictures. The HDR are just 2 pictures about 2 stops apart.