Bavaria,
Germany
2001
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Bavaria, Germany
2001 |
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A couple hours east of Munich is King Ludwig's magnificent and most famous castle Neuschwanstein. To me, this destination was a must! I had planned it since before I left the United States. As a teenager, I used to love writting stories and novels, and somewhere I stumble upon a picture of the Neuschwanstein castle, which became the set of many of my writting adventures. I would put a picture right next to the typewriter and it would help me describe it on paper. When I realized that this place was so very real and a tourist attraction, well, what can I say, I just had to see it. |
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Linderhof King Ludwig's favorite castle was a beautiful stop on the
way to Neuschwanstein. This castle was built between 1870 and
1879. Inside the castle you find very extravagant ornaments, and it
is full of mirrors, painted ceilings and gilded cherubs, in a mixture of
Renaissance and baroque styles (and as I always say, if it is not baroque,
why fix it?!!...LOL). The surroundig gardens in french, italian and
english style include a grand cascade and artificial grottos. The
name of the castle comes from the farmer family "Linder", who owned a farm
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Oberammergau A dream landscape surrounded by Germany's second largest nature conservation area.Picturesque. A village that has remained true to itself. Farms in the middle of the village, cosy pubs, renowned hotels and fine shops, nooks for dreaming, proud patricians' houses, quiet gardens. And throughout the village you will find "Lüftlmalerei", which are historical paintings on the outer walls of houses depicting mainly religious scenes and fairy tales. In the pictures below, you can see some scenes from Hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots and Little Red Ridinghood. I found them to be charming and very amuzing. I walked around several of the houses following the story lines. K ing Ludwig II., who was shrouded in legend, chose Ammer Valley to build his fairytale palace, Linderhof, also surrounded all around by a nature conservation area. |
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Neuschwanstein Castle This incredible building was built in the neo-late romanesque style (you can take the man out of tourguiding, but you can't take tourguiding out of the man...LOL). Its turrets and mock-medievalism, its interior styles ranging from Byzantine, Romanesque to Gothic its a real fairy-tale fantasy come true. The castle was built between 1869 and 1886 for the Bavarian King Ludwig II. This fabulous, splendid and imaginative "fairy-tale castle," sits high above the Alpsee lake with the Alps towering above it. Unfortunately, only about a third of the building was completed. Wagner's operas feature everywhere in the form of murals, which add not only to the beauty of the place, but actually filled the castles every room with magic and fantasy. You have to walk 170 steps up and down, and there are no lifts, elevators nor escalators. |
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The best view of the castle and a 45m waterfall as you can see on the pictures above, is from the nearby Mary's Bridge (Marienbruecke), which spans a nightmarerous, terrefing, really, really, really deep gorge. On the path between this bridge and the castle is a wonderful view f Hohenschwangau and the Alpsee. |
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