Europe - Germany & Austria - Neuschwanstein Castle #6 of 7

Day	Date	time	Details	Costs for 2 pax
				Euro	RM
Day 8	4-May	1000	Salzburg
		1200	Munich
			Stay
		1300	Neuschwanstein Castle
			First thing’s first, you should reserve your Neuschwanstein tickets.
			Tickets with a specific visiting time can be reserved for an additional prepaid charge two days before the desired castle visit (3 pm local time) at the latest. The visiting time can only be changed or the ticket cancelled up to 2 hours before the start of the tour (also by phone).
			The reserved tickets must be picked up no later than 1.5 hours before the confirmed entrance time. Otherwise the reservation will be forfeited.
			https://www.hohenschwangau.de/1397.0.html
			We decided just to walk around the castle instead of going in. You have to park your car at the base (6euro) and then take a bus (1.50euro per way per pax) to go up the the Castle. Walk around the castle and then at the bus station, there is another route to view the Castle from far where all the postcard photos were taken. It was the bridge. Must visit this bridge to take the postcard photo of the castle.  s a good small restaurant on the way to the castle.
			One Evening: Hofbräuhaus and main street of downtown Munich Walk the “main” street of the fortified city of Munich, which goes in a straight line from Isartor in the East, through Marienplatz (the main plaza in the center of the city) to Karlstor to the West.  The whole street is about 3000 feet long (1 km) so walking from one end to the other will take around 15 – 20 minutes.  It is in reality two streets, called “Tal” East of Marienplatz and “Kaufingerstrasse” West of Marienplatz. Isartor and Karlstor are two of the gates to the fortified city.  To have the best view of the gates make sure you step out of the fortified city and look at it from the outside.  In particular for Isartor it makes sense to cross the large street just outside the city gate to look at it from a distance.
			Hotel Cristal Schwanthalerstreet 36, Hauptbahnhof, Munich, Germany 80336 Schwanthalerstraße 36, Hauptbahnhof, München, Deutschland 80336	75	374
			Parking	14	70

Europe - Germany & Austria - Innsbruck card Analysis #2

innsbruck card analysis		24 HR
	Entrance fees	innsbruck card	Plan to visit & Savings
lden Roof Museum	€ 4,80	€ 0
City Tower	€ 4	€ 0
City Archives / City Museum Innsbruck	€ 3,80	€ 0
Imperial Palace	€ 9	€ 0
Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum	€ 11 (combi)	€ 0
Court Church	€ 7 (single)	€ 0
Museum of Tyrolean Folk Art	€ 11 (combi)	€ 0
Arsenal Museum	€ 11 (combi)	€ 0
Tirol Panorama and Imperial Infantry Museum	€ 11 (combi)	€ 0
Alpine Zoo	€ 10	€ 0	10
Grassmayr Bell Museum & Foundry	€ 8	€ 0
Localbahn Railway Museum	€ 4	€ 0
Bergisel Ski Jump Stadium	€ 9,50	€ 0
Ambras Castle Innsbruck	€ 7	€ 0
Swarovski Crystal Worlds	€ 19	€ 0	19
Swarovski Shuttlebus	€ 9,50	€ 0
Audioversum Science Center	€ 9	€ 0
Galerie im Taxispalais	€ 4	€ 0
Burg Hasegg / Hall Mint Museum	€ 8	€ 0
Per Pedes City Walks	€ 12	€ 0
Per Pedes City Walks Imperial	€ 15	€ 0
Cable cars and lifts
Innsbrucker Nordkettenbahnen cable cars (Ibk-Hafelekar-Ibk)	€ 33	€ 0	33
Patscherkofelbahn cable car	€ 21,50	€ 0
Muttereralm cable car	€ 16,50	€ 0
Axamer Lizum cable car	€ 17	€ 0
Glungezerbahn cable car	€ 19	€ 0
Oberperfuss Rangger Köpfl cable car	€ 13	€ 0
DreiSeenBahn Kühtai cable car	€ 15	€ 0
Public transport
Sightseer Innsbruck & 24 hour ticket for IVB transport routes	€ 15	€ 0
Total		39	62

Savings of 23euro.

Asia - Japan - Osaka & Kyoto & Nara #Day 6

6th Day	28/10/2017, Saturday
	Nara	Destination	Duration	Cost/pax
MORNING	Osaka-Namba Station
	Walk 9mins to Nishi-Umeda Station - Yotsubashi Line - Namba Station (7mins)		16mins	¥230
	From Namba Station: Walk to Osaka-Namba Station	Osaka-Namba	4 mins
	Nara
	From Osaka-Namba Station: Kintetsu Nara Line Rapid Exp. for KINTETSUNARA	Kintetsu-Nara	38 mins	¥560
	Nara Park
	5-min away from Kintetsu-Nara Station. Established in 1880, it is the location of many of Nara's main attractions including Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha, Kofukuji and the Nara National Museum. The park is home to hundreds of freely roaming deer.
	Isui-en Garden & Yoshiki-en
	Use the underground crossings to get to the northeast corner of the Nobori-oji/Route 169. Walk from there to Isui-en Garden. If you have time, pop into the free and excellent Yoshiki-en next door.
	Todai-ji Temple
	Walk from Isui-en along the backstreets to Todai-ji Temple. Before entering the Daibutsu-den Hall to see the Great Buddha (Daibutsu), walk a little south to check out the Nandai-mon Gate, that lies a few hundred meters east of the Daibutsu-den, and once inside the Daibutsu-den, be sure to circle around the back and check out the pillar with the hole in the middle. Children who can squeeze through it are said to be assured of enlightenment.
	Nigatsu-do Hall
	Walk along the east wall of the Daibutsu-den and then go up the path that turns up to the right just past the small pond to reach Nigatsu-do Hall.
AFTERNOON	Walk in the direction of the base of Wakakusa-yama.
	Kasuga-Taisha Shrine
	Follow the narrow pathways through the forest to Kasuga-Taisha Shrine.
	Follow the main path from Kasuga-Taisha all the way west until you reach Kofuku-ji Temple. If you haven’t eaten lunch yet, you’ll find lots of place in the shopping streets nearby (in Downtown Naraand Naramachi)
	In the afternoon, make a loop south through Naramachi, checking out Sarusawa-no-ike Pond, Koshi-no-Ie and the shops and galleries of the area.
	Return to your lodgings or one of the main train stations.			¥790
last day	29/10/2017, Sunday
	Kansai International Airport	Destination	Duration	Cost/pax
	Oct 29 MH53 KIX 9:55 AM - KUL 4:10 PM
545	Take taxi from Air BnB to Osaka Station			¥2,000	RM80.00
0612 -0720	Osaka Station - Osaka Loop Line 関空快速Kansai-Airport Platform 1 -		68mins	¥1,190	RM47.60