Neuschwanstein

Hayden saying "Cheese" for the people taking his picture
Yes, we walked all the way up to this thing!

This castle was amazing. It was snowy and cold out, but worth the trip. Yes even the 45 minute walk up through the slush pushing the stroller was worth it! Hey it was good exercise! It was a short tour, but was amazing to see inside. Even the outside was amazing! The castle served as the inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty castle at Disneyland. It was very fairy tale like!
While waiting in line we had the first taste of random people taking Hayden's picture, which became a common occurrence the rest of the trip. I personally found it very strange and did not like it. Especially when thy would try to hold him and grab him out of our arms. I would not consider myself a total hovering parent or overprotective mother, but when you are in a different country and can not speak the language fluently and people just come up and take your child's picture and even try to take him out of your arms, that is just not happening! It actually happened the first time when Ingrid was alone with him, and it kind of took us all off guard!
Hayden is especially popular with Asians, and French. I always wondered if they thought he was a German baby or American. Which was a question we got asked frequently!
It still makes me uncomfortable writing this knowing that people have a picture of Hayden in different parts of the world.
Now Joey is a different story! He was a total "stage dad" as I would call him. He would take Hayden's binky out and make sure his hair looked good before posing him for the pictures!