{"id":25896,"date":"2013-02-13T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T17:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=25896"},"modified":"2018-03-05T16:45:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T22:45:30","slug":"the-pope-from-rome-to-his-bavarian-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/the-pope-from-rome-to-his-bavarian-home\/","title":{"rendered":"News Travels: The Pope, from Rome to his Bavarian home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_25897\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25897\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25897 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Neuschwanstein-castle-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Neuschwanstein Castle is just one of the many attractions of Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI's homeland.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Neuschwanstein-castle-cropped.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Neuschwanstein-castle-cropped-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neuschwanstein Castle is just one of the many attractions of Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI&#8217;s homeland. Photo: iStockphoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>News Travels is our newblog series that plucks travel destinations from the headlines.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By Martina Sheehan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week,<strong> Pope Benedict XVI shocked the Catholic world by putting in his two-week notice<\/strong>. Where is the retired pope off to next? Inside sources say he\u2019ll likely spend his sunset years at a monastery inside Vatican Gardens, but we wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he makes a few visits to his home state of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=germany&amp;cnt=OVI\">Bavaria, Germany<\/a><\/strong>\u2014especially given these cool facts about the region\u2019s top sights.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apparently <strong>Neuschwanstein Castle\u2019s<\/strong> 60 million visitors aren\u2019t the only ones who\u2019ve found the Romanesque Revival palace magical. Designed by Ludwig II with the help of a set designer, the castle served as the inspiration for Disneyland\u2019s iconic Cinderella Castle.<\/li>\n<li>Until 1936,<strong> the main attraction at Munich\u2019s Oktoberfest was a horse race<\/strong>\u2014not the kegs of sudsy brew now being handed out by the liter. The Oktoberfest tradition started with the wedding celebration of Bavaria\u2019s Crown Prince Ludwig in August of 1810 and has grown ever since.<\/li>\n<li>The chant &#8220;<strong>Eins, zwei, g&#8217;suffa!<\/strong>&#8221; heard throughout Munich\u2019s beer halls roughly translates to \u201cOne, two, drink up!\u201d With all that quality German beer going around, we\u2019ll do what we\u2019re told.<\/li>\n<li>Although the breathtakingly scenic 220-mile stretch between Wurzburg and Fussen known as the <strong>Romantic Road<\/strong> is based on an old Roman trade route, it didn\u2019t become a wildly popular attraction until some clever marketing folk branded it as a formal route in 1950 to drum up tourism.<\/li>\n<li>The landmark gold cross that tops the <strong>Zugspitze<\/strong>, Germany\u2019s highest peak at 9,718 feet in the Bavarian Alps, was first erected by a team of 28 climbers in 1851. After 111 years, it eventually had to be replaced thanks to damage incurred by a trigger-happy American soldier during the Second World War, plus decades of lightening strikes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thinking about exploring the Pope\u2019s home turf? Check out our full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=germany&amp;cnt=OVI\">Germany travel guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Martina Sheehan is a travel, entertainment and lifestyle writer whose work has appeared in<\/em> Time Out Chicago, the New York Times <em>and<\/em> Forbes Travel Guides<em>, among others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nc_pixel\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT00OWQ3ZjRhNTYyODM0ODRjZDkyMTZhYTZiZTc0MjNkNA==\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will the newly-retired Pope Benedict XVI go back and visit his home of Bavaria, Germany? 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