Day 9: Monday 5/16/2016
Today consisted of numerous cultural visits. First, we
visited Neuschwanstein Castle in the Alps. The views we encountered there were
absolutely amazing. In one direction I could look out over the German
countryside for miles and on the other were some of the tallest mountains I
have ever seen. Some of them even had snow on them. Between seeing snow, a
chair lift, and ski slope, it made me sad that I couldn’t go skiing; but I’ll
be back some day to do that. The castle itself was magnificent.
How people were
able to construct something like that in the 19th century is
mind-blowing. Not even just building it, but getting all of the materials up
the steep hills and inclines must’ve been an engineering marvel. The inside of
the castle was immaculate with all of the artwork and woodwork that was done.
Everywhere you looked there was either a painting or some extremely detailed
wood carvings. The tour guide told us that one room alone took 14 men four
years to complete. Next, we went to and ate lunch in the little town of Fuessen.
The town, in my opinion, looked like a much smaller version of Munich. However,
it was very cool that the town was right at the base of the mountains and if
you looked the one direction out of town the mountains shot up thousands of
feet. The final stop for the day was at Wieskirche, at massive church in what
seemed like the middle of nowhere. On the inside it was by far the most
beautifully decorated church I have ever seen (and we’ve seen a lot of churches
on this trip). I really do not know how to describe it, there were paintings
and statues all over the walls and ceiling. For dinner we were on our own so
Jan took a few of us to a Mexican place in Germany. Safe to say it was decent,
but was definitely not the Mexican food we eat in the states for obvious
reasons.
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| Neuschwanstein castle |
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| The inside of Wieskirche |
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