October 25, 2014 ---- Lake Starnberg or Starnberger See in German is the second largest lake of Bavaria. It's located south of Munich, about a 30-minute ride on the S-Bahn # 6. It's also famous for being the place where King Ludwig II, who built the world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle, drowned for mysterious reasons.
A lot of people come to Lake Starnberg in the summer for swimming or a boat ride around the lake, but less crowds come here in the fall or winter for strolling around the lakeside park and getting a view of the snow-caped mountains.
Nathan and I took S6 to Starnberg station. As soon as we stepped off the train, the beautiful lake was right there. Not too many people at this time of year because it was very cold and not much to do around the lake since the boat stopped running. We decided that we would stroll along the lake shore until we got tired then would turn toward a S-Bahn station for the ride back to Munich.
The walk was very pleasant even though the first half we had to walk on a busy road, but once we hit the lakeside park, we were glad we did it. The water in the lake was so clear that we could see the stony bed and I'm sure it was very cold since it came straight from the snow-caped mountains. A lot of tree leaves were starting to change colors, and many birds, ducks and swans were swimming joyfully.
Nathan and I walked till we reached Golf Club Feldafing. It was going to rain soon, so we decided that we would just take the S-Bahn from Feldafing station to Tutzing. At Tutzing there was the Baroque style St. Joseph Church where a princess had gotten married a couple weeks earlier. However, we didn't hang around too long because it was raining, and I hope to go back to Lake Starnberg in the spring or summer for different scenery and to take a boat ride around the lake.
