Monday May 20, 2013
Today was the day I was looking most forward to from the start of the trip! I love visiting castles, but there was something that made this castle look extra amazing in all of the pictures that I have seen before. We started off the morning by taking the train about 2 hours to a little town near the castle. The train ride was even better than the day before when we traveled to Austria. We got to see even more of the Alps, which I think are amazing, and more rolling farm land. The train ride there was impossible to sleep through for me because I did not want to miss the amazing scenery.
When we arrived to the train station right outside the little town the castle was in we took a bus to the castle. It was a short ten minute ride and on the way up a winding road we saw the castle in the distance, from that point I could hardly contain my excitement!
Went we got to the little town the castle was in our first stop was the lake. At this point we were in the Alps and each and every view was amazing. Neuschwanstein was in plain sight wherever you walked in the village, and I loved that! After visiting the amazing lake we went to lunch and got some shopping done.
Then, it was finally time for the walk up the mountain and tour of the castle. The walk up was hard, but at the end very rewarding. It is not every day that you can say you climbed the Alps to see a castle! When we got to the top one thought went through my head, how did they possibly build that? After getting many pictures of the castle and in front of the castle it was time for the tour.
I wish the weather would have been a little bit less rainy, though. I felt like I had to keep taking my umbrella in and out of my purse, which got to be a pain. I also would have look much better in all of my pictures it the rain would have held off.
After going inside Neuschwanstein we learned that it is less than 150 years old, which blew my mind. Everything inside was so amazing and looked like new. All of the woodworking, paintings, furniture and light fixtures were perfect. I wish I could live there! My favorite part of the inside the castle was the view that you could see outside. The windows either overlooked mountain lakes and country land or the wooded Alps which were both were amazing.
After the guided tour we decided to take another hike up to the bridge that over looks the castle. The hike was a super quick struggle in the rain for a breathtaking view. I am not a fan of wobbly, old, and wet bridges, but I knew I had to walk out and see the famous view. As soon as I saw the view it took my breath away and it seemed like nothing else mattered in the world.
The whole day at Neuschwanstein was picture perfect, other than the rain. It was something that I will remember forever and will always look back on. Even though it was a long day I would not have spent it any other way.
Xoxoxox
Katie
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