Souvenires are exploiting the image of the Neuschwanstein castle from the miniature to the biggest of items, on those for practical use to purely decorative ones. Some are imaginative and cute, others are not even pretty. The goods are displayed out in the open allowing visitors to rummage through the pieces of clothes, cards, jugs, garden items, shoes. It is almost impossible to pay the visit to the town without buying anything at all and usually the item that you need the least, but liked the most. Chinese restaurants, Turkish, Japanese or McDonalds exist side by side with domestic Gasthauses.
All food is welcome, especially the take away.
Caffe bars with tables in every street offer incredible assortment of home made cakes and pastry, ice cream and milk shakes enjoyed by the youngest and the oldest equally. I spent many enjoyable hours just sitting with a cup of esspresso and cream observing people passing by. Each and every one of them had a story to tell, revealing itself from a gesture, tone of voice or the way they dressed. I am sure that somebody must have imagined my story seeing me there by myself. I can't know what they might have thought.