We woke up early today because our tickets for the
Neuschwantein Castle tour were for 10 AM. It was recommended by our hotel concierge to take this early tour, because between the hours of 11 AM and 4 PM the castles are totally inundated
wi
th swarms of tourists that arrive by the bus loads. We walked up the hill to the castle which took about a half hour from the hotel. It was a descent hike up to the castle, but nothing compared to many of the hikes we had done over the past several weeks. The tour began promptly, and was thoroughly enjoyable, as we
learne
d the history of King Ludwig II as well as the background to the construction of the castle. I had been here before, in 1982, but had forgotten a lot of the specifics and history of Ludwig and the castle. Gail was quite fascinated and overwhelmed by what we saw here today, since this was her first visit to the area, and a place that she always wanted to visit. Upon completion of the castle tour, we walked around the grounds, took many pictures and eventual
ly headed down the hill and back to our hotel. We relaxed in the area for most of the day and took a short walk to
Alpsee which is in the immediate area of both castles. After a relaxing afternoon, by 7:30 PM we went to the dining room for an extremely relaxing and enjoyable six course dinner........ then back to the room for bed.
We woke up early today because our tickets for the Neuschwantein Castle tour were for 10 AM. It was recommended by our hotel concierge to take this early tour, because between the hours of 11 AM and 4 PM the castles are totally inundated wi
th swarms of tourists that arrive by the bus loads. We walked up the hill to the castle which took about a half hour from the hotel. It was a descent hike up to the castle, but nothing compared to many of the hikes we had done over the past several weeks. The tour began promptly, and was thoroughly enjoyable, as we learne
d the history of King Ludwig II as well as the background to the construction of the castle. I had been here before, in 1982, but had forgotten a lot of the specifics and history of Ludwig and the castle. Gail was quite fascinated and overwhelmed by what we saw here today, since this was her first visit to the area, and a place that she always wanted to visit. Upon completion of the castle tour, we walked around the grounds, took many pictures and eventual
ly headed down the hill and back to our hotel. We relaxed in the area for most of the day and took a short walk to Alpsee which is in the immediate area of both castles. After a relaxing afternoon, by 7:30 PM we went to the dining room for an extremely relaxing and enjoyable six course dinner........ then back to the room for bed.
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