Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany) 6/27/16

June 27, 2016

Neuschwanstein Castle-Germany

This castle is in Bavaria, near the town of Fussen. It was built by King Ludwig II. Neuschwanstein castle inspirted Walt Disney to create the castle we love to see in Disney World. As usual, there was a looooong walk to the castle but we have always enjoyed our walks up to all the castles we've ever been to. This was our second attempt to see the castle since the first time we were rained out. We went later in the day so we were unable to do a horse carriage ride up to the castle. Sissy had never hiked up to a castle so it was even a challenge for her ;) Once we arrived at the castle, it was truly as spectacular as we had hoped it would be based on the pictures we had seen online. We had read online that to tour the castle itself was not worth the money or time. Unfortunately, many people who have toured the castle have said that only a small portion of the castle is available for tourists to see and the rest of the castle was not available for tours. This did not stop us from wanting to see the infamous view of the castle from a bridge that was quite a walk to get to. As we hiked through the windy trails of wooded areas behind the castle, we discovered that the bridge to see the entire castle was under renovation :( Of course, this did NOT stop daddy! He took sissy and Jace past enclosed areas to get as close as possible to a spot where they could take a picture of the entire castle. Mommy stayed with Jordy despite Mommy's disapproval of having Jace go with daddy. After awhile, daddy came back safely with sissy and Jace and showed mommy all the pictures of the DANGEROUS spot they had to go to in order to get the pictures of the castle. They were near the EDGE of a cliff!!!! Daddy and his pictures......;) We enjoyed our walk back down from the castle and we were so happy to have been able to see the famous "Disney Castle." :)