Tuesday, 4/9, Hohenschwangau & Neuschwanstein Tours

When we woke up this morning it was a beautiful day. We checked out of our room and then walked down to Swan Lake to take some pictures. The lake was like glass and I'm extremely happy with how the photos turn out.

Then we went and found a place to have coffee before our first tour. Here are the horses gearing up for the day. When I took this picture they were looking the other way, and then Josh said as soon as I brought the camera up, they turned and posed.

After coffee, we headed up to the Hohenschwangau castle for our first tour. Unfortunately, we couldn't take pictures on the inside, but we could take pictures of the landscape through the windows. The views are amazing!

After our tour of the Hohenschwangau we took the bus up to the Neuschwanstein castle. We thought that the bus wouldn't be too crowded since it seemed all the tour groups were standing in line to take the carriage ride up. We were wrong. There was nobody on the bus at first and then this group from Mary Kay loaded on. I think they were from Turkey because the patches that they wore had their flag on it. I didn't even know that they had Mary Kay any where else besides the States! When they all piled on, we were packed like sardines. As soon as we got off the bus, Josh and I booked it to get in front of the Mary Kay group so we would be able to see the Neuschwanstein castle from Marian's Bridge.

A kiss from my prince!

We had to still walk about 15 minutes to get to the castle. Here is a view from the Hohenschwangau from the walking path.

View of Marian's Bridge from the Neuschwanstein.

Then it was time for the tour. King Ludwig II only lived here for 45 days before he mysteriously died and was pulled out of the Swan lake with his doctor. A few days before he died, for political reasons, a psychologists diagnosed him as mentally ill and he was deposed from the throne. 

After our tours we got on the train to Munich where we stayed the night so we could check out the city and do a bike tour. When we got to Munich we went to the hofbrauhous for dinner and had our Liters of beer. I'm proud to say that I finished a liter. I wasn't going to get one, but Josh ordered me one. He offered to finish mine for me, but I was up to the challenge. 

Those mugs were really heavy!

The next day we did a bike tour of Munich.