A Day as a Princess

From what I hear from mom, today was a much better day than March 6, 1989.

We spent my birthday learning about king Ludwig II. What a weirdo. He definitely had a lot more money than sense, for a little while at least. Then he was mysteriously killed... But I'm getting ahead of myself.

We took a bus tour today that started from Munich. We rode for about 2 hours to Linderhoff, one of homeboy Ludwig's castles. Then we stomped through the snowy Baverian Alps to the front door of the castle.

There are 8 rooms in this itty bitty castle, and homeboy never allowed anyone to visit him there. What a waste - there were over 16 kilos of gold used to decorate this place... Damn. He spent his days eating and reading.... Oh the life!

Our next stop on the bus tour was to Oberammergau. We just did a little bit of shopping here, and saw the theatre where the passion plays are held... Sorry, this is Janet updating, not susan so you don't get a Wikipedia link.

Onward and forward. Next stop was to Neuschwanstein. This is the castle that inspired Disney's Magic Kingdom. We rode a horse drawn carriage to the castle, no joke. Pretty fancy!!

The castle was never finished, because Ludwig was mysteriously killed. Only 20 of 120 rooms were ever completed. This castle was very different from the first, less gold more paintings. The whole castle was dedicated to Wagner, so the paintings were of scenes from his operas.

Final thoughts: Yup. I saw more snow today than a hundred times the amount I've seen for the whole rest of my life. We have not been adventurous in our meals today... I had a chocolate croissant for breakfast, mom an apple turnover. Then for lunch I had some hot dogs and fries and mom had Mac and cheese. All of it has been delicious though! And mom has not gotten hit by any cars, bikes, trollys, horses, or trains... I am doing my job well!

What a fabulous birthday!!!!

our chariot

my lunch

moms lunch... Much better than easy mac

stomping through the snow to get to Linderhof

my princess tiara

mommy in front of Neuschwanstein