Swans and Virgins
August 18th 2009 Today is "Assumption of the Virgin" day in Europe. Everything is closed and everyone seems to be celebrating the Virgin. We started the day by heading to the Neushwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles in Fussen, Germany. These where just the summer homes for King Ludwig of Bavaria. He built the Neushwanstein while he lived in the smaller castle. It took him 15 years to design and build the cas
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