Meg's Musings

After Dachau we went to ...

Neuschwanstein! Which was truly gorgeous. Mad King Ludwig began building it but it was never completed. He was found floating in a nearby lake with the doctor who had signed the insanity papers a few days after they were drawn up. Hence, doors lead to nowhere and there's an entire floor that's not finished. Being incomplete does not lessen its opulance at all. It's one of the most beautiful buildings I've ever been in, but i couldn't help thinking about the wasted money--he built this castle for his own use while the people starved. Hmm. The tour was super fast. They really keep ya moving. This was a problem for people like me and my husband who like to slowly absorb and ponder.

The poor tired horsies dragged our sorry butts up the hill. We wouldn't have made our tour without them. We planned to walk down but it was getting dark and some Spanish tourists crammed us in their car with them. At the bottom of the mountain I finally got my wish to eat niffles in Germany. They tasted just like Gram's and Mom's so that question is settled.

My husband with his new Neuschwanstein stein. Happy husband. He drinks beer out of it often though it is now just the Neuschwanstein stein.

David saw this pic once we got home and asked in horrified tones if those were bullet holes in the bear. No, no, no. Not embroidered bullet holes. Embroidered edeilweiss.

posted by Me @ 09:10