King Ludwig's Castles

We took a giant tour bus on Sunday to visit three of King Ludwig's castles: Linderhof, Hohenschwangau, and Neuschwanstein.

Side bar - there were four kids from Minneapolis on the bus. One guy lived around 22nd and Colfax. Small world...

There was also a woman and a guy from Chicago and Chris and I were trying to figure out their story. They were obnoxious. I thought she was his mom, Chris though his older sister. She worked for United. I'm not really sure who she was, but at one point she said, "Are your parents going to be mad at me for taking you." And then he said, very firmly, "I'm 22 years old. They are mad at me because I'm not calling them." Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........

OK, back to the castles...

We actually got to tour Linderhof and Neuschwanstein, but didn't have time for Hohenschwangau. Linderhof is the little white castle, and it was beautiful. Apparently it was more Ludwig's home. Loved it.

That last picture of me is how I needed to walk through the castle with our backpack. I felt like I had one of those pregnancy vests on. But basically, if you put the pack on my back, that is how I have looked every day for the last 9 days - like a pack mule.

Then we went to Neuschwanstein - it is very cool, but there is about a 1/3 mile trek uphill to get there. We took a bus. I'm not proud of it, but I wouldn't change it. The views from the castle were breathtaking - not hard to see why someone would pick that spot.

We didn't get to tour Hohenschwangau because there just simply wasn't time. I was disappointed by that. It would have been nice to see all three. Next time.

We did get to stop in Oberammergau. NUTCRACKERS!! Shipped them home, will arrive in a few weeks. Fetish fed.