Hiya BetterMost friends.
Happy Hump Day!
Hope that everyone is doing well! Work seems to finally be slowing down a bit, and I'm starting to get a clean cube again! Leaving work a little earlier than normal, I have an appointment at 5:00, so I must leave here promptly to get there on time.
I love that people are talking about the places I post, and their experiences there!
You might guess it ....
Been there. 
It's not a must-see IMO though. It's nice mostly from the outside. Inside, it was never finished, and there's not much to see.
And usually soooo many tourists, long waiting lines. (IMO again) it's not worth the wait.
I loved my visit to Neuschwanstein. It's an awesome building, and very interesting to opera lovers. Ludwig was a patron of Richard Wagner, and there are lots of decorative details that recall the characters in his operas. One of the bedrooms features a mural of Tristan and Isolde:
OHHH....sounds like a difference of opinion!
I does sound like a very interesting site, one way or the other.
I have a framed 2 ft by 3ft picture of Neuschwanstein. It hung on my dining room wall in Australia. Now it hangs in the hall in NZ. It has the lake and the snow covered mountains behind it. I love it. However I have only visited once back in 1974 but I go to Bavaria as often as possible which is not often enough considering it is a 24 hour flight away. 
Isn't that always the way, Brian? We find somewhere that we really like or "speaks" to us, and it's an ordeal to get there because of the distance.
Can't you go to Disneyland and see the same castle?
Seriously, I think I remember reading somewhere that Sleeping Beauty's Castle was patterned on Neuschwanstein.
Yes, I'm sure I've heard that too.
Interesting! I've never heard that before, so I went to Google. Through them I found a quote on Wikipedia, not the most reliabe source, but here ya go!
Sleeping Beauty Castle is the fairy tale structure castle at the center of Disneyland Park and Hong Kong Disneyland. It is based on Neuschwanstein Castle,with some French inspirations (Notre Dame de Paris and the Hospices de Beaune especially).Today's travel destination:
Donosita, Basque Country, Spain
The Basque country spans the area of the Pyrenees mountains still called Euskadi in the Basque language in both Spain & France. Coastal beaches are a summertime draw, but the region is also home to a famous cuisine and to lively and interesting cities like Bilbao, with its Guggenheim Museum, and the great Belle Epoque resort of San Sebastian.
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