As president of the Mercedes-Benz Club Thailand and co-author of Thailand’s Ultimate Classic Cars, it's no surprise Sayam Sethaputra and his wife spent their honeymoon driving through Germany in a classic Mercedes-Benz 500 SL
My most memorable road trip was my honeymoon, when I drove my wife, Kristina, along the Romantic Road in the southern provinces of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. At Frankfurt Airport, we hired an everyday car to take us to the start of the Romantic Road in the historic city of Würzburg, where we switched to a classic Mercedes-Benz 500 SL.
The Romantic Road stretches from Würzburg to Füssen, passing historical sites including the medieval walled towns of Rothenburg ob de Tauber, Dinkelsbühl and Nördlingen. The highlight of the route is the breathtaking Neuschwanstein Castle, a 19th-century hilltop palace that served as the inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in California.
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We didn’t plan too much in advance because we didn’t want to be bound by bookings. It was important to us that we had the freedom to be spontaneous and go wherever the mood took us. I remember stopping at charming traditional restaurants whenever we were hungry and checking out all the historical landmarks.
We didn’t even book hotels in advance, and ended up staying in small, quaint hotels as well as stately castles.
