The next day we walked to the train station and got a coffee. Packed up and checked out of the hotel and put our packs into the locker at the train station. Took the bus to Neuschwanstein. The tickets are no longer sold at the castle but in town below Hohenschwangau.
We thought the Neuschwantstein tour would be best for us since the complete tour required a two hour break between Hohenschwangau and Neuschwantstein.
Laurie, Matt and I hiked up to Neuschwanstein, then Matt and I walked around to Marien Brukke or Marien's Bridge which spans the chasm between Neuswanstein castle and the next mountain. This makes a great photo site.
We walked back in time to take a few more photos outside before going in for our tour in English. It seemed more complete than I remembered it and everybody really enjoyed the tour.
It certainly is an impressive structure of late 19th century engineering built in the pattern of a medieval castle (actually modeled after the Wartburg to some extent). Unlike Disney's creations, Ludwig's castle is built of stone/concrete instead of fiberglass. It took 14 wood carvers 4 years to make Ludwig's bed.
