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A
trip to Munich
Part 5: A fairy
tale castle
The day started grey and cloudy, but the nearer we got to
the mountains, the more the sky was getting blue, turning
the day into bright and sunny. Our first stop was on Linderhof.
We started our guided tour around and inside the castle divided
in two groups. While walking through the different rooms of
this castle our guide told us a bit of its story: it was the
favourite castle of King Ludwig, and was built between 1870
and 1879 in imitation of the Versailles (France) one as he
loved French art and architecture. As Versailles, its interior
had characteristically lavish adornments, full of mirrors,
painted ceilings and gilded cherubs.
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The surrounded gardens in French, Italian and English styles
included a big fountain with a grand cascade, a Moorish kiosk
and thousands of colourful flowers.
The whole tour took us half an hour and then after it we returned
to our bus to continue our trip to Neuschwanstein castle.
On our way to that castle, we could enjoy the amazing sights
of the green German mountains and the beautiful villages in
the valleys.
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When we
finally arrived, we had to walk a slope up to the castle,
but instead of continue our way until the end of the path,
we stopped to watch one of the most amazing views from the
Marienbruecke (Mary's Bridge) of the fairy tale castle, the
luxuriant and majestic Alps and the nearer village around
its beautiful light green lake, the "Alpsee". The
sight was so breathtaking that we spent some minutes there
enjoying this beautiful aerial view.
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We took
some great pictures from there and then continued our way
to the castle that was built between 1869 and 1886. The 15
rooms we saw on the tour showed its beautiful craftmanships
and a wide richness of details and a lot of murals everywhere
of the Wagner's operas feature as it was the favourite opera
of King Ludwig II.
But what I really enjoyed most was the views from the windows
of the castle: the German Alps and its surroundings were simply
awesome.
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Once we
finish our tour we went back to the bus and began our trip
back to Munich. We arrived in Munich at dinner time and went
to bed with all those beautiful images of the last days in
mind: little villages and great mountain views, botanic flower
gardens and elegant historic buildings. We just knew that
the memories of this trip would stay with as for a long time.
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Page: Memories
- VGM, 2003, Madrid, Spain -
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