With the awesome weather we've been having we really felt the urge to get out and get some fresh air. I wanted to take some pictures and Ben was getting real tired of sitting in the house. While searching for a place to go I saw that a travel group that I follow was headed south for a day trip. After talking it over we decided why not get a bus with a bunch of other people and travel 5 hours south to see a couple castles.
Our bus
headed out at 4:30 in the morning! That on top of the fact that we moved our
clocks forward the same morning meant that we were so tired. I can honestly say
that I slept most of the way there and a good chunk of the way back. It was
dark and foggy so there was no way that I was going to be able to take any
pictures.
The
castles we saw were Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein. They are within walking
distance to each other and they are both very beautiful. Unfortunately we
weren't allowed to take any pictures inside but we did get some awesome shots
of the outside. This is Hohenschwangau:
For me I
kinda felt like it was kind of a let down to walk through in comparison to the
other we saw. It was quite a bit smaller and we were only taken through a few
rooms, which considering how much it cost us to take the tour, just really
sucked. I did like looking at it though! The detail on these castles are
amazing.
The second castle we walked through was
Newschwanstein:
Have you
ever seen Sleeping Beauty? Well the castle in that movie is based off of this
one. Pretty cool, right? Out of all the castles in Germany I am so glad we got
to see this one. Words cannot describe how breathtaking this castle is. Inside
and out.
After we
saw both castles we were feeling exhausted! Both castles are up on top of hills
and super steep hills at that. So we decided to spend our time before the 5
hour bus ride back relaxing and enjoying the gorgeous view. Lucky for us there
were many little trails, lakes, and tourist shops that we got to explore.
