It was raining yesterday? lol. The weather forecast displayed in the open-source app “Tiny Weather Forecast Germany” (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.kaffeemitkoffein.tinyweatherforecastgermany/) was “extremely heavy rain showers.” So confidence inspiring, I know.

Anyways, today was all about possibly the most famous castle ever built: Neuschwanstein Castle, designed by the Bavarian King Ludwig II in the late 19th century. Ludwig II was a curious king. He didn’t really want to be king, he just wanted peace by himself. He was probably gay and his family hated him for blowing the money on a stupid castle (that would subsequently go on to make a killer ROI through tourism). The castle was inspired by castles from the Middle Ages and Wagner’s operas.

Unfortunately, it was raining all throughout today. It was foggy as well, so I got a silhouette of the castle, but not much details and barely any views. The rain was hard enough that it soaked me after an hour of hiking to the castle (at this 3.5mph 12% incline pace that I couldn’t keep up with. I’m surprised how fit everyone is in my group!). At least there were waterfalls roaring because of all the rain.

I got to see inside the castle, but only a few rooms unfortunately, and I wasn’t allowed to take pictures. Ludwig II died before all the rooms came to completion, and many rooms were going through restoration.

After Neuschwanstein, we visited this church in the middle of nowhere. It was built in the mid-1700s, an under-represented period of German history so far. Here I could get pictures of the ornate baroque architecture, filled with as many little ornaments as you would find from a piece from J.S.Bach (a composer from this time period).

Last but not least, I got bread (of course) for breakfast, Currywurst (again) for lunch, and Lo Mein for dinner. I needed to try what Germanized Lo Mein tasted like. Answer: Very similar to the Germanized Vietnamese fried rice I had yesterday.