Well, Tuesday I headed 2 hours south of Munich to the town
of Hohenschwangau. The tour leader was
slightly bizarre and it was like being led by the Crocodile Hunter, but like he
was leading small children. Anyway we
went to the castle of Neuschwanstein, built by the ever so crazy Ludwig
II. Ludwig spent tons of money trying to
build castles that were inspired by sets for the composer Wagner’s operas… that
seems like a good use of time. Ludwig,
as a grown adult, liked to hide in the woods in the hills at the base of the
Alps and have his staff try and find him.
Ludwig died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 40… spooooky.
Anyway, the castle… hiked up to the castle from the town and
then we went over a bridge where you can get really good views from the
castle. The interior of the castle looks
like it was based on a children’s book.
The castle itself was the inspiration for the castle at Disney World and
is the castle from… CHITTY CHIITY BANG BANG!
One of the best yet most traumatizing movies EVER!! The child collector is creeeeeeepy! I think I saw the movie (rereleased in the
theater) with my mom, sister and brother (but I think he was an infant and it
may have been his first movie).
After the tour of the castle we hiked down a small gorge along
the river that had some pretty cool waterfalls.
Wednesday… I decided I had to go to Austria! This morning I headed to Salzburg, home to
Mozart and The Von Trapps. Now, let’s
discuss some inaccuracies in the movie…. That scene, when they’re crossed into
Switzerland to escape the Nazis… IT IS ON THE GERMAN SIDE OF THE ALPS!! They went back into Nazi territory!!! Well, that was just the beginning of the
fallacies of the movie. However, no one
can prove that Maria wasn’t fond of brown paper packages tied up in strings, so
at least that song still holds water….
We had lunch at the oldest restaurant in Europe (804 I
believe). Then, because it was on a hill
and I like hills, I hiked up to the fortress.
I think I have developed a problem where if I see something on top of a
hill I must hike up to it, despite the buses, carriages, trams, etc. that could take me up there.
Tomorrow is my LAST DAY in Europe!! Ahhhhhhhh!!
So I will be exploring Munich a bit.
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