Germany Trip - May 26th, 2002
Tuesday October 04, 2005
Today we visited the famous Schloss Neuschwanstein, a fairy-tale castle that
has been the inspiration of countless toy models, book illustrations and film
sets. (Including the Disney World castle!) The castle is situated on top
of a mountain near the town of Hohenschwangau and overlooks the Schwansee (Swan
Lake.) The climb to the top requires a 10 minute bus ride and another 20
minutes of walking up a steep cobblestone path. On the way up, we stopped
to cross a narrow, wooden bridge that overlooks the castle and a beautiful
waterfall. The view was breathtaking, but walking on the bridge was a
little scary. (OK...VERY SCARY!) We made a few stops on the way back
to eat dinner, feed some swans and check out some Bavarian cows!!
Here's a quick menu to the various picture sets:
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- The Drive Back- We made several
stops on our way back to Lake Walchensee.
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Set amidst magnificent mountain scenery on the
shores of the Schwansee (Swan Lake), this fairy tale castle was built 1869-86
for the eccentric Bavarian King Ludwig II. The pale grey granite castle,
which draws on a variety of historical styles, is a steep 20 minute walk from
the nearby village of Hohenschwangau and offers spectacular views of the
surrounding scenery.
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View from the car on the way to the castle. |
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Schloss Neuschwanstein from a distance. |
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View from Hohenschwangau. |
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The yellow castle is Schloss Hohenschwangau. |
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View of the castle from the bridge. |
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Walking up to the castle. It was hard work! |
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Playing around on the castle while we waited for our tour to start. |
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Taking a break from our walk down to pose for a shot. |
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Scenic overlook on the way down to Hohenschwangau. |
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On the bus...Brandon wanted to hold on too!! |
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Some people chose to take a carriage ride up to the castle. We just stopped for a picture! |
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We hoped to see the inside of this church, but a concert was being held there that night. |
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Posing in a field of wildflowers. |
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There are fields like this all over Germany. |
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We convinced our waitress to join us for a picture. |
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Outside of the Bavarian restaurant. |
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We stopped at this lake for a closer look. |
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The swans came right up to greet us. They are REALLY big close up...and a little scary too! |
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Uncle Bernd fed the swans some good bread...much to Elke's dismay! |
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We stopped to get a closer look at these cows. Uncle Bernd called them "walking Schnitzels" -- he's a vegetarian!! |
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