Our Trip to Neuschwanstein

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Our Trip to Neuschwanstein

Today is Tuesday Sept 23 2008. After breakfast we left Munich for a tour of a famous castle "Schloss Neuschwanstein" which is the castle that Walt Disney copied for his theme castle at Disney Land. To get to the castle we had a half an hour walk uphill before viewing the castle. King Ludwig II who built that castle died under mysterious circumstances in the Starnberger Lake. He was a very powerful and rich ruler who built up three castles in Bavaria. Other politicians were upset with him spending so much money on arts and castles. These politicians wanted him ousted as king so they could have the money and power to do what they wanted. They made a plan to convince everyone that King Ludwig II was mentally incompetent to rule the country Bavaria. The plan was successful with 4 psychiatrists who had never met him claim he was insane. One day later King Ludwig was dead.

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Photos

At the level below the castle
Just beginning our day at the Schloss Neuschwanstein a castle south of munich

Coffee and soup
A little snack with Jill and her mom

Walking up to the castle
John and Inez

Old school jail
Markus demonstrates a punishment of the past

Horse
When you gotta go you gotta go

Dinner
Having dinner at Jill's mom's house

Comments

[mary]

Looks like the perfect day. Beautiful country.