Day 3: Fussen, Germany (Hohenschwangau Castle)

Day 3

Remember that cute little room I was so excited about? Here it is with the silhouette of my tulips in their water bottle:)

Breakfast was served downstairs. The room we were in had a huge old oven made of tile. Breakfast was typical: bread, meat, cheese, nutella, juice. Then they took our order for our dinner later that night.

Hotel Friedenshohe (free-den-show-uh. I think). Our room is the second floor on the right.

 Outside, our balcony view was amazing. A huge mountain loomed above us, only about a half mile away over a perfectly green field. Gorgeous view.

View from our room's balcony.

Neuschwanstein was our destination that day. But first we stopped at an old church that was amazing compared to the other German churches we had seen. Usually they were musty smelling, with creepy medieval art…this one was more like the cathedrals in Italy. Not on the outside, but on the inside. It was beautiful. It's called the Pilgrimage Church in Wieskirche. It was out in the middle of nowhere, basically in the middle of a field. But it was cool. 

Doesn't look quite as detailed on the outside as it is on the inside...

The ceiling

We loooooooove panoramas

After that, we went straight on to Fussen, where the castles were. 

One of our first views of Neuschwanstein.

First we went to Hohenschwangau Castle. Inside was awesome. Silly, but awesome. Every wall and ceiling had a Muriel painted on it. It told the story of a knight, I think. There was a knight dressed in gold armor in almost every scene. Half the time he had a swan near him. There was a beautiful painting of Ludwig’s mother, and it was crazy to think that she walked through the same doors I was—all the time.

There was a room that had a telescope where the spoiled Ludwig could watch the building of his brand new castle (one of many).

Inside, there was a piano that Richard Wagner played at, and a couple of rooms that just had a table in the center, with a “birthday present” on it. They were each probably worth millions of dollars. There was a huge ivory box covered in jewels that he kept important documents in, a silver layered platter that held their chips and snacks…ridiculous. There was a sweet shield and an amazing collection of hundreds of coat-of-arms kept on a little shelf.

After the tour, you walk out the back gateway and down a little trail. There's a lake off to the side of the castle, and it is gorgeous. Very pretty colors.

Hohenschwangau is the yellow spot, and the lake is to the left of it. We are very close to Neuschwanstein at this point.