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| At Neuschwanstien Castle |
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| Neuschwanstien Castle |
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| View from below |
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| Souvenir Shop |
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| Foot step |
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| Brrrr |
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| Playing around |
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| Happy me :) |
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| Before we go up |
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| First time to see snow so I have to touch it ;-) |
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| Playing around |
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| Peace, with the tour guide :) |
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| Wooohhhh Snow ;-) |
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| Fly Jhinky fly :D |
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| Mwah, with my friend Manilyn |
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| When your in Germany do as the German do ;-) |
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| Traditional Bavarian food |
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| My friends <3 |
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| Marienplatz by night |
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| Colorful building |
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| City hall |
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Hop on Hop off Bus
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| Jumping with JOY!! :) |
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| With new friend Cheryl |
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| Nymphenburge Palace |
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| Picking up blueberries :) |
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| Ready to shop ;) |
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| Chatting with new friend Cheryl |
Hi Lovelies,
Today's post is about when my friend April and I went to
Hohenschwangau
near Fussen specifically Neuschwanstein Castle situated a 2 hours'
train ride from Munich, direction south-west Bavaria, a tour which we
booked online via Viator at 0900 hours on the dot, the 24th November
right way on arriving by train to Munich from Venice.
As the iron horse raced through the
countryside it was such a pleasure admiring awesome nature and its
peculiarities but most of all what I had yearned for all my life to see:
SNOW !!! Given that I hail from The Philippines and therefore the
tropics and in my case thus two seasons, a wet one and a dry one each
lasting about 6 months we have no idea about autumns and winters and
certainly not cold nor snow or ice. And minus zero is simply fiction to
us. So to see all that glistening snow, us dressed to the nines in
scarves and woollies and all things pretty and warm, was a joy which I
will cherish always.
As we were slowly getting nearer to the castle the snow
kept falling heavier, which did get us a bit worried I must admit !!!
Were concerned about how cold is cold end of November in Germany :) Yet
simultaneously we were happy because to us it was a new experience, an
adventure. Then when it came to having to leg it all the way up to
Neuschwanstein and the body was put under some serious effort to
perform, the heart pumped fast, out rushed the blood to the furthest
peripheries and we felt hot, energised and full of go; laughing, joking,
taking photos and loving every moment of it.
Impressive and spectacular put together make for awesome
or call it Neuschwanstein Castle by another name. Rising into the leaden
sky, overbearing and full of remnant might it cowed and elated our
senses - felt blessed to be there admiring the skyline, its presence,
simply WOWED and speechless we were !!! We couldn't enter the gate to
the bridge to get the right angle for our shots though. Means one thing
for sure my lovelies: Have to go back there again :) Still, one of
life's unforgettable markers.
Inside, there is a lot to relish though of course taking
photos is considered not quite cricket. Enough to say however that it
is a fine arts' student's dream. Mad King Ludwig was not quite that mad
after all because considering what politicians waste money on nowadays
and though Ludwig busted the exchequer (though not on this particular
one, just his private fortune), what he left behind in his castles and
palaces is not merely a number of exercises in some architectonic magnum
opus but a veritable investment in the land which to this day bears all
sorts of fruit.
Here's little bit of history :
The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for
Disneyland's
Sleeping Beauty Castle , and later, similar structures
The day at Neuschwanstein over, we went to meet my
newly-wedded friend Manilyn and her husband from Luxembourg at
Marienplatz by night. I was
so happy and at the same time excited that at last I was going to meet
her 5 years after we had been together in Zamboanga City, The
Philippines. Time for some really heart-warming traditional food over
litres of Bavarian juice or call it BEER :):) We were starving but us
petite Filipinas cannot match it up with what the Germans succeed to put
down in bulk and dream liquid. The glasses were over sized just to
mention one thing and the food portions tremendous and that's just for
starters :)
Then we began exploring Marienplatz lit up as it was bursting with beautiful Christmas decorations and a vibrant
Christmas Market. Possibly the most beautiful Munich Christmas market
can be found in the district of Haidhausen where you can escape the
hustle and bustle of the city and experience the Christmas Market that
becomes home to more than 60 festively decorated stalls over Christmas
time.
Morning 0900 hours we were out already
to find the hop-on/hop-off bus for a tour of the city. We found it
instantly exactly in front of the Munchen Hauptbhanhof ( Munich Main
Train
Station). This was the way we did Munich: By shuttle-bus.
Here's little bit of history :
And that my lovelies was not the beginning of my journey nor its end either, not by a long shot :) More next time !!!
Courtesy photos by April
Thanks for viewing,
Xoxo,
JhinkyG
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