Day: 322
The Castles of Schloss Neuschwanstein and Schloss Hohenschwangua are some of Bavaria’s biggest tourist pulls. Fortunately for me its not the high season of summer, but that still didn’t stop a plethora of tourists from appearing by the bus loads. I walked (all 12 kilometers r/t).
Anyways it was a rather mellow day of wandering essentially “new” castles; Neuschwanstein was finished in 1886 and was lived in for 170 days before the Kings death when it (six weeks later) became a tourist attraction. It was probably the best investment Ludwig II ever made for Bavaria, 10 euros per person times thousands of people a day in the summer… I am sure it has payed for its, once insane, 3 million dollar price tag.
More lunches with a view and a coffee in a decorative cup! (By the way, my picture above is the “standard” which I think every tourist gets or at least buys on one of the millions of postcards.)
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Hi Rob! Still, is a very nice picture to take. Good to see that the wanderlust is still going.
Alles bestens und viel Glück!
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aaargh…. wish i were there!
now i understand why everyone lives vicariously through your lenses 🙂
I have been to both of those castles…your pictures look much better than mine do!!
Nice Fall pics Rob. You caught the colors nicely.
I’ve had a picture of Neuschwanstein castle hanging on my bedroom wall since kindergarten. (You know — all little girls want to be princesses – gag!) On my first solo trip to Europe many years ago one of my top priorities was to visit that castle. It was only recently when I was packing and moving to a new apt that I found that framed photo anew and realized this was the origin of my travel bug. I’d often wondered what had inspired my incessant desire to explore — my itchy feet, as the Irish say — and suddenly I realized that this innocent and dreamy photo planted the first seed. Glad you too got to visit “my” castle. 😉
Hi Rob,
I love the black and white, tree and road. Hope all is well with you. See you soon.
Mom
Wheres the iPhone.