5/17/08 Guten tag! So today we traveled to a beautiful castle called Neuschwanstein. It was amazing! The intricacy of the work involved was incredible! Now before, I said how we in discussion talked about how castles were places of oppression, and I have no qualms with that. However, economically speaking, think of how many jobs were created every time a Ludwig in Germany wanted a castle! So while yes, people were enslaved there and people were oppressed by the king, maybe also they were afforded a living. I need to do more research on this. Something else, while not completely academic nor pertaining to these courses, I realized that the Disney princesses are really from all over the world. Cinderella, or at least her castle, is from Germany, Belle is from France, Mulan is from China,
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