Thursday, September 26, 2013

The Cinderella Castle

Today we felt like a king and queen, because we went to visit a castle.  Well, we can dream can't we? This is the Neuschwanstein castle in Hohenschwangau, Germany.



It's the one Disney modeled the Cinderella castle after.  It's also the one the "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" car flew over in the movie.  We could have taken a bus or a horse carriage up to the castle, but we chose to take the 40 minute walk up.



As we climbed the mountain, we passed a beautiful waterfall and saw walkers taking  a different route across a high bridge.





This castle was built for King Ludwig II, but he never got to see it finished because he died in 1886, before its completion.



We took pictures in the courtyard, but pictures were not allowed inside.









We had a wonderful drive home through the German/Austrian countryside.  On the way home,  we saw some typical buildings which were works of art.




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