Outskirts of Fussen with the alps shaded by cloud. |
Lake Hopfensee and the Alps |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fussen
In the early 1830s, King Ludwig II's father, King Maximilian II of Bavaria, purchased the ruins of Schwanstein castle and had the castle Hohenschwangau (otherwise known as the yellow castle) built there. Several years later, in 1890, his son, King Ludwig II assumed power and dedicated much of his life to the construction of Medieval castles. He had become very interested in the Middle Ages and dedicated the rest of his life to romanticizing the Middle Ages through the building of fine Medieval castles. I'll leave the wikipedia page for you to read more about the castle's history, but in a single word the castle was impressive. I recommend looking at the pictures of the castle interior as we were unable to use camera's inside. The detail was amazing and had Ludwig lived to see it's completion I imagine it would have been so much nicer. Check it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Neuschwanstein
Hohenschwangau (Yellow castle) less than a mile from Neuschwanstein |
I had read this was the most visited tourist destination in all of Germany and I'm not surprised after seeing so many people on a chilly December day. It seemed like most of the people came via tour bus and the only way inside the castle was to buy a tour ticket. We arrived around 10:30 and weren't able to get a tour until 1:05 it was that busy. The tours had a lot of people too... I'd say at least 100 people.
Neuschwanstein from the viewing bridge. A rare clear shot on this foggy day. Austria is 1km away on the right. |
This castle was a the inspiration for Disney's Cinderella Castle. |
We had a great time. |
I'm not pissed... Oh wait, there were Chinese tourists, so I was annoyed. Learn some freaking manners. |
The bridge were we had the nice view. Also, the hill on the left is where the castle got it's running water supply, quite and advancement of it's time. |
Nice job expressing your frustrations over the last couple of days. I can imagine how you felt at the Einstein statue. Great ideas with the link to the Picasa album. Jay
ReplyDeleteThanks Jay. I had too many good pics than were reasonable to put in the blog.
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