Day 6: A Visit to a Castle

We left Munich early Wednesday morning and headed west then south to Neuschwanstein Castle which I believe one of the Disney castles is modeled after. It was a gorgeous morning and more than one in the group deemed this their favorite visit yet.

It started with some wonderful views from the bus of quaint German villages and snowballed mountains.






Once in the village below the castle we had to decide whether to take the bus up, or a horse drawn carriage or walk. Which one do you think he picked?



If you guessed the carriage ride, you win! Several in the group went up this way.









The others decided to walk up...it was a trip up some steep hills but we made it...



Here's our destination...



We saw this on the way up!



Beautiful, isn't it? It was built in the 1880s and was never completed because the king who was building it - King Ludwig II - was declared insane and died while it was being built. It is still quite impressive.









Some of walked on to a scenic overview



There are actually two castles in the same area, this one was older and built by King Ludwig's parents.


















This inside was quite with spiral staircases leading to a throne room with mosaic floor, the king's bedroom complete with running water and a flushing toilet, a room that looked like a cave, one of the earliest telephones and radiators with a swan on top that served as a humidifier (ask others how they worked).



Several other stops today that I'll fill you in on later.

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