Schloss

"Schloss" means "Castle" in German!

 

We went to the Neuschwanstein Castle this weekend.  If you think you have seen this castle before, then you probably haven't, you've just seen the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, which was inspired by this castle.

 

 

We walked up to the top of a mountain to see the castle.  It took about 40 minutes from the village.

 

We waited for our tour to begin!

 

The little yellow castle you can see in the middle of the picture is called Hohenschwangau Castle and was built by the same person who built Neuschwanstein Castle, which was King Ludwig II of Bavaria.  (Also known as crazy King Ludwig).

 

The inside of the castle was very nice, but only half of the interior was finished because the King died before it was finished.  My favorite part was his bedroom because that was where the coolest furniture was and he had a door that looked like part of the wall.  And he had an artificial cave built into his house because he liked an Opera by Wagner that part of it takes place in a cave.  All the paintings in the castle were scenes of operas by Wagner.  (He was a little obsessed with Wagner's operas...in case you have not noticed.) 

 

Here is a cool waterfall by the castle.

 

Here is a closer shot of the Hohenschwangau Castle (the little yellow one).

 

Here is the castle from a distance at sunset.

 

 

Neuschwanstein Castle - smaller than I expected when I got up closer, but definitely bigger than the Sleeping Beauty Castle!