http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , Bavaria , Neuschwanstein en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:17:59 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:17:59 UTC It was a perfect fall weather for hiking although the hike to Neuschwanstein was steep not easy. After climbing the hills the ultimate fairytale castle stood there welcoming our arrival. Wow was the word I used when I saw the castle. This is where a fantasy did come true. The romantic castle was build by King Ludwig II from 18691886. The construction stopped with the king's death and it w http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-336183.html Friday 3rd OctoberWith damp jeans hung up all over the beds and hung up in the shower we set off for King Ludwig IIrsquos most famous and photographed castle Schloss Neuschwanstein. It was raining when we left the camping ground and it was still raining when we arrived at the gorgeous town of Fussen and boy was it packed with tourist When I asked about the million tourists the lady smiled http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-334533.html We stopped at a Bckerei bakery and a Metzgerei butcher for lunch fixins before we left town.The 2hour drive into the Alps was beautiful of course. One interesting thing about Bavaria is the farms all seem to be small family operations and it's common to see actual farmers actually farming as we drive by.Neuschwanstein is Neuschwanstein. What more need be said We had to wait three hours http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-305061.html What a Fun DayWe got up at 600am to have an early breakfast and to fight the commuter traffic in Munich to get to Neuschwanstein Castle by 945am to check in for our tour. Charlene had purchased combo reservations back home for us to see this Castle as well as the Hohenschwangau Palace. The location is about 1 hour 45 minutes southwest of our hotel in Munich and the the rain was pretty hea http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-289030.html Today we woke up at 8 to get ready for our tour. The tour started at the train station at 930. We were going to see another castle that King Ludwig II had started building but died before he could finish. It was the castle that was the inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle. We met at the train station and took a two hour relaxing train ride followed by a 10 minute bus ride. When we http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-287742.html In true KarenAngel fashion we waited around Platform 27 for the train taking us to Neuschwanstein Castle only to discover we were supposed to be at Platform 32. But we eventually made it to the idyllic town of Fussen and then to the Castle. The Castle is the model for the Cinderella castle at Disney world. It was built by this crazy King Ludwig II and is the inspiration for most of Wagner's http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-269894.html There are some things in life that aren't quite all they're cracked up to be like Cinderella's Castle at Disneyland or the Big Goose Pagoda in Xi'an. But to make up for those disappointments every so often a real gem of an attraction that comes along and makes it all seem worth the effort again. Neuschwannstein the famous fairytale castle perched deep in the Bavanarian landscape was my destinat http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-229050.html The majority of the group took our first independent trip on Friday September 7. We caught our train at 920 am and road the train to Munich which took an hour and then transferred to the train to Fussen which was 3 hours. Luckily we got the whole train to ourselves all 14 of us The train ride went by quickly at least for me. I played Phase ten for the whole ride...and we didn't even finis http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-200610.html Untitled Proost all Much has happened in the last week or so only have time for a breif summary. Kim and I met on the 21st of March at Schipol Airport Amsterdam and were picked up by Frans. Traffic was a nightmare so we stopped at a local pub which was interesting noone knows English We visited many places with Frans and Tina over the next week such as the Delta Works Brugge Arnhem P http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-143494.html Proost Greetings all this entry is to cover the period since we both arrived in europe. We met Frans at Schipol airport Amsterdam and headed back towards his place on the 21st March. Holland's traffic is ridiculous so Frans took us to a small pub somewhere in Holland pretty different while the traffic died down. Over the next few days we then visited much of Holland with them places suc http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-143493.html We just came to Munich because its the only way we can use our Railpasses to get to Fssen and the fairytale castle built by Mad King Ludwig Google up Neuschwanstein Castle if you're interested in the whole bizarre storyWe did the City Sightseeing tour on arrival in Munich but after the places we've been in the past 2 weeks it didn't do a lot for us. Having said that there were a few lovely bu http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-94625.html Overview1. Thanks to Harlan for his funny although not completely PC comments. We knew we could count on you for some humor Harlan.2. Is it a holiday in Japan right now Seriously they were EVERYWHERE along the Romantic road. They flood Neuschwanstein like they were invading it and in Rothenburg it was the same. Apparently Japanese people LOVE the romantic medieval knights and castles th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-93787.html Back in Europe.....Pictures to follow http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-83160.html Mnchen Hbf Gleis 301228838512280921228812288321473694226152262023034022823386326529222825276832809220102353772281065292202942510520173313593387924179261783034034915263812280620986652923689933258240492006319981306932615921542263772183938988helliphellip 093512288 http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-76442.html Megalomania in the Bavarian AlpsNeuschwanstein castle Herrenchimsee castle and Linderhof is a trilogy the lsquomadrsquo king LudvigII wrote in stone. I do not mean he carved the stone edicts like our Ashok but he built these three stone monuments to his own ego in the Bavarian Alpine region.We spent a day in summer of 2005 touring Ludvigrsquos castles.It is well nigh impossible to write http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Neuschwanstein/blog-71165.html