Leaving the Neuschwanstein area, we drove to Salzburg and visited a couple campgrounds. Two were quite expensive (41 and 45 euros, or ~$60 and $67!) but we found a third that was 25 euros which was much more tolerable.
The boys were sick of driving and seeing things and it was drizzly, so we found a spot, plugged our camper in, started some laundry with the pay machines, and let the guys watch a movie on our laptop. We put on Benji and they initially protested vehemently. After all, there are no giant robots, gun fights, or explosions in the entire movie, just a story about a boy and his dog. Needless to say they enjoyed it a lot and mom and dad got two hours of peace and quiet. We had dinner in the campground restaurant with the boys and we indulged in a few bottles of Stiegl. As a point of clarity, the boys had dinner but no Stiegl.
Stiegl is the local beer of Salzburg, brewed on the edge of town, and when I was a student here in 1989-90 I think we derived about half our caloric intake from those half liter brown bottles. It has just a hint of a funny sweat sock odor when you take the first couple drinks but that goes away. (it's the cheapest beer in Salzburg, which is why is became our standard back in my study abroad days) The tiny hint of sweatsock odor only returns if you have way way too many Stiegls and overshoot the target, so to speak. In that event, the odor also comes with a taste... I'll leave it at that. Fantastic stuff! And I enjoyed having lots of memories percolate back through my little brain as we drank it. We otherwise did nothing that afternoon & evening but hang out and rebuild our supply of clean clothes.
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