After waking
up the usual 8:00 AM, we showered, had breakfast and were on our way. Today was going to be a rather short ride from Innsbruck to Hohenschwangau, where the famous Neuschwanstein Castle of King Ludwig II is located. Knowing that the trip today was going to be short, we stopped in the small quaint towns in Germany of Mittenwald and Oberammergau. Both towns were well worth the stop over.....small, and culturally typical of Bavaria. We walked a bit through both towns, picking up a delicious apple strudel in Mittenwald and having a beer and cappucino in Oberammergau. We arrived in Hohenschwangau by about 4 PM and checked into the hotel. We knew all along that this hotel was going to be
the highlight of the trip. I had booked our stay here several months ago, which included a two night dinner package. Once we checked into our room, we were not disappointed......a sitting room with sofa, chair and TV, a bedroom area with a king size bed and desk, and a huge bathroom with a large whirlpool bath, shower stall, etc. The windows in the room looked out on the Hohenschwangau Castle where King Ludwig II grew
up and lived before beginning the building of his own castle of Neuschwanstein, which was started in 1869 (I am sure that most everyone knows, that this is the castle that Walt Disney used as the model for the main castle in Disney World in Orlando, Florida). As we stepped
out the door of our hotel, we could see the Neuschwanstein Castle immediately to our left. Our hotel package included tour tickets to both castles, so we decided to take the tour of Hohenschwangau this evening at 6 PM. After the tour, we returned to the room to shower before having a wonderful four course relaxing dinner in the dining room which looked out on the Neuschwanstein Castle. After dinner we walked around the area a bit before returning to our “suite” before going to bed.
up the usual 8:00 AM, we showered, had breakfast and were on our way. Today was going to be a rather short ride from Innsbruck to Hohenschwangau, where the famous Neuschwanstein Castle of King Ludwig II is located. Knowing that the trip today was going to be short, we stopped in the small quaint towns in Germany of Mittenwald and Oberammergau. Both towns were well worth the stop over.....small, and culturally typical of Bavaria. We walked a bit through both towns, picking up a delicious apple strudel in Mittenwald and having a beer and cappucino in Oberammergau. We arrived in Hohenschwangau by about 4 PM and checked into the hotel. We knew all along that this hotel was going to be 
the highlight of the trip. I had booked our stay here several months ago, which included a two night dinner package. Once we checked into our room, we were not disappointed......a sitting room with sofa, chair and TV, a bedroom area with a king size bed and desk, and a huge bathroom with a large whirlpool bath, shower stall, etc. The windows in the room looked out on the Hohenschwangau Castle where King Ludwig II grew 
up and lived before beginning the building of his own castle of Neuschwanstein, which was started in 1869 (I am sure that most everyone knows, that this is the castle that Walt Disney used as the model for the main castle in Disney World in Orlando, Florida). As we stepped
out the door of our hotel, we could see the Neuschwanstein Castle immediately to our left. Our hotel package included tour tickets to both castles, so we decided to take the tour of Hohenschwangau this evening at 6 PM. After the tour, we returned to the room to shower before having a wonderful four course relaxing dinner in the dining room which looked out on the Neuschwanstein Castle. After dinner we walked around the area a bit before returning to our “suite” before going to bed.
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Sounds incredible.... I guess when I see Cinderella's castle in Orlando later this month, I'll have to think of your stay in Germany and mad Ludwig!
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