So, while Disneyland was amazing and taking my picture in front of the famed Disney Castle was exciting, my Disney castle experience this week stands head and shoulders above the rest. What castle am I talking about?
The alarm clock forced us out of bed at the crack of dawn--ok, so maybe it was only 6:30, but we're teens on school break and 3 days is more than enough time to get out of such a habit! A series of cars, buses, and trains, that lasted the entire morning took me, Miri, and two friends about as south as one can go in Germany. I realized this only when I saw the sign saying Austria was less than 10 miles away!
We finally got to the castle and from the bottom of the hill, we looked up and there it was, stretching as far as the eye could see--FOG! Being from Oregon, a little unplanned weather is nothing unusual and I'll admit that, although better weather certainly exists, the castle was breathtaking regardless. The tour of the inside only lasted about 30 minutes and sadly I wasn't allowed to take pictures so I bought a handful of postcards that certainly suffice. We then walked up to the bridge that overlooks the castle and after taking more than enough pictures headed back down the great big hill.
It was quite the day trip and I was as tired as a dog by the time I finally fell into bed that night :-) but is was well well worth it and certainly a day and a castle that I won't forget.
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| That's right--Neuschwanstein Castle! |
The alarm clock forced us out of bed at the crack of dawn--ok, so maybe it was only 6:30, but we're teens on school break and 3 days is more than enough time to get out of such a habit! A series of cars, buses, and trains, that lasted the entire morning took me, Miri, and two friends about as south as one can go in Germany. I realized this only when I saw the sign saying Austria was less than 10 miles away! We did miss one of our trains...but have a great group photobox shot and afterwords had time to sit around goofing off and playing the guitar so everything worked out just fine. Being bored is a rare thing in a group any bigger than one. :-D
We finally got to the castle and from the bottom of the hill, we looked up and there it was, stretching as far as the eye could see--FOG! Being from Oregon, a little unplanned weather is nothing unusual and I'll admit that, although better weather certainly exists, the castle was breathtaking regardless. The tour of the inside only lasted about 30 minutes and sadly I wasn't allowed to take pictures so I bought a handful of postcards that certainly suffice. We then walked up to the bridge that overlooks the castle and after taking more than enough pictures headed back down the great big hill.
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