Mark's Spring Break - Part IV: Neuschwanstein

When we arrived in Füssen we dropped our luggage off in a locker at the train station. Since we would be hiking around all day, we thought it would be a little more comfortable without our junk. We caught a bus up to the castles and bought our tickets for an English language tour of Neuschwanstein. I don't know if the Bayerischen Schlösserverwaltung is used to selling tickets to amazingly disabled people who require two hours to climb from the ticket counter to the castle, but the Marks and I didn't. So while waiting for our tour start time, we saw a bit of the castle Hohenschwangau. The last time that I went to Neuschwanstein I was able to get an amazing view of the fairy tale castle from Marienbrücke. Unfortunately due to excessive snowfall (and a few fatalities attributed to the snowfall), the foot path was closed by a rather large fence and signs telling us in three languages that we were not allowed to pass. Never one to take "Don't climb this fence, you'll die" for an answer the Marks and I climbed around the fence... and four others exactly like it to get to Marienbrücke. The view was spectacular, but we only had enough time for a couple pictures before we had to hurry back to the entrance of the castle so we could catch the start of our tour.

This time we took the tour in English, which seemed like it was an exact translation of the one that they give in German. After the tour the three of us grabbed some food and instead of taking the bus back, we took a nice walk through the woods and enjoyed the view of the alps. The train ride back to Bamberg was rather uneventful, but that night it felt good to sleep in my own bed.