Neuschwanstein Castle

Here we have a nice picture of the castle taken (most likely) from Mary'sBridge. A few things about Neuschwanstein : It is called the castle of the Fairytale king because Ludwig II built it due to his desire to escape reality and live in the worlds he read about in fairy tales. Now, if you've ever read a real German fairy tale, they all end in death and unhappiness, so it's no small wonder that he did too. Next, this is the major inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle, and traveling through the wooded areas of Czech and Germany, I can see where the dancing scene was born as well. Lastly, this is an incomplete castle, all work was stopped on it when Ludwig suddenly, and mysteriously, died. 6 weeks after his death, to pay their massive debts, the government of Bavaria made it a tourist spot. Ironically, Ludwig would have hated that; he wanted no one else to live in his little world.
Crazy guy.
Now, there's a picture of Ludwig for you, at 18 when he became Kind of Bavaria. What a looker, eh? Google him and you'll see that he wasn't too much of one later, oi.
So, our tour was interesting, cost about 32 euro and we took two trains and a bus to get there, but we learned a lot about Ludwig, his life and death and all that jazz. Our tourguid was really well versed (she LOVES Ludwig) and her studies into his life are really apparent in the little details we got from her.

I recommend the tour (though maybe a skip on the inside of the castle, except for the random man-made GROTTO. Seriously, weirdness abounds) and felt like it was worth the money we spent on it.