alongside the road near our start at the southeast side of lake in Schwangau near the town of Füssen
 

a little side trip to the Festspielhaus along the west side of the lake -- looking beyond Sharon to Neuschwanstein castle in the center at the foot of the mountains
 

goat overseeing the sheep alongside the road
 

riding on a short section a dirt path beside west side of the lake
 

more sailboats, this time seen from riding on a nicely-paved road
 

on a bicycle path ("radweg") alongside the road on a hill above the north side of the Forggensee - (with Neuschwanstein castle far across the lake)
 

further along that bicycle path
 

"share the road" -- riding around the east side of the lake
 

these "alternate road users" keep coming -- the one on the right brushed against us as she walked past us standing there
 

earlier that afternoon . . .

we hiked up to the castle Schloss Neuschwanstein, and continued a ways above it to the Marienbrücke, with the Forggensee lake in view beyond the castle
 

Sharon alongside the castle
 

inside the courtyard, a romantic setting