Neuschwanstein Castle (Schloss Neuschwanstein) Hohenschwangau

Today was our day to visit Neuschwanstein Castle. Unfortunately it is one of the most visited Castles in Germany and probably the world, so it is always packed. They do a really good job of rotating people in and out of the castle so that you are not following along like cattle. (This was a problem at Versailles and we became increasingly …

Beautiful landscape
Beautiful castle …

Today we got up around 8 and had breakfast at the hotel. German breakfast is weird. They bring out a full meat and cheese plate with bread. They also had sliced tomatoes with this sauce to dip them in, some cereal, granola, and fruit. We weren't having the meat and cheese for breakfast thing so we made a huge sandwich out of it to take with us for …

11hr night train trip to Munich with private sleeper.Clean and comfortable but very small cant complain as it was nothing like our overnight train in Vietnam! You really had to experience that one to know what I mean! Arrived at the hotel and caught up on some sleep then off to explore Munich by our favourite Hop on hop off bus, great way to …

This morning, we decided to check out if there were any cheap options for breakfast at the Munchen Hauptbahnhof. In the end we managed to find some cheap bread and coffee, and stood at the eating area to have our breakfast before moving to Karstadt department store to board our Grayline Coach for a "Royal Castles Of Neuschwanstein and Linderhof" …

Bőséges reggeli után elindultunk a neuschwansteini kastélyt megnézni. Alig 20 perces autóút után megérkeztünk Hohenschwangauba, ahol leparkoltunk, mert kocsival nem lehet a kastélyhoz közelebb jutni. Hohenschwangauban kizárólag étterem, szálloda, szuvenírbolt és fizetőparkoló van, valamint Bajorország turistaforgalmának jelentős ré …

Entry containing 42 photos titled: Dinner, Castle Bum, Entering the Castle, On the Bridge..., The Castle, View from the Castle, Hiking Up to the Castle, Me Outside of the Castle, Panorama of the Castle, Outside of the Castle, With the Castle, Below the Bridge, Neuschwanstein Castle

Thursday June 21st
-we hopped back onto the Glacier Express to return to Visp, caught another train to Zurich. we had some time there so we got lunch at Dim Sum Take Away and met the first mean person in all of Switzerland at the station Sprungli. we still bought some luxemburgli from her... it's not those delicious dessert treats' fault that …

After our tour of Schloss Hohenschwangau, we decided to walk back down to Hohenschwangau, rather than wait for the horse-drawn carriage, and we were glad that we did, it was a very pretty place.





At the bottom, we walked past a lake, where some swans, cignet and ducks were just waiting for a photo opportunity.

What did you do this weekend? I saw a castle. But not just any castle...

When you think of castles in Germany, what is the one castle that everyone says? What everyone says is that "Disney Castle!" What they are referring to is Neuschwanstein. It is the castle that Disney used as the inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty castle.

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... strictly to countryside, hills, mountains and smaller towns I next headed south towards Fussen, home of the Bavarian Alps and Neuschwanstein castle (the model Disney based the Magic Kingdom on).  Along the way I stopped at Nordlingen, which is a ...

... Road but were now next to Germany’s most famous castle, a couple of hours south in Bavaria.  The castle, called Neuschwanstein Castle, was the inspiration for the Disney castle and looks extraordinary.  The plan was to stay at a campsite ...

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Incredible setting in the mountains for this huge Bavarian castle, probably the most famous in Germany, and a ...

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... to pick me up early and we are going to travel Bayern. After called me and we grabbed a coffee we took off in his car for Neuschwanstein.  It was about an hour or so away but due to traffic it took us 2 hours but it was worth the drive.  An ...

... a tour and the views from the queen and kings quarters were unbelievable.  We then hiked up the mountain side to the, Neuschwanstein Castle. The views were even more spectacular then the first. It was placed right on the mountainside, along a river ...

... turnstile. What a relief! We made our contributions later with our meal purchase. We continued our journey to Neuschwanstein Castle. Schloss Neuschwanstein, one of King Ludwig II's most renowned castles, was built at enormous expense from 1868 to 1892. ...

... with an Australian accent starting talking. I learnt a lot from her. Apparently King Ludwig only spent around 190 days in Neuschwanstein Castle. That wasn't a long time at all.  Also she compared him to Elvis. When Ludwig was 18 he was handsome ...

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