Fussen, Germany

We took a train to Fussen, Germany. As the train drove up you could see mountains everywhere. Fussen is shadowed by the Bavarian Alps. The Alps were covered with snow. Fusson is small and quaint. We decided to walk up the Alps. Our destination was Neuschwanstein Castle. Neuschwanstein Castle is beautiful and famous. It is the castle that Disney uses in Florida. King Ludwig II built it in the 1800s for his summer house. He died before the castle was finished being built. As we walked up toward the castle, you could see lots of mountain peaks. Our first sight of Neuschwanstein made us gasp. It was beautiful. It made all the other buildings look small. We walked all the way to the castle, with horses and buggies walking beside us carrying some people. The view was amazing from the castle. We took a tour of the castle. We got to go in the throne room. The one catch was there was no throne. Since King Ludwig II died before the castle was finished, they never finished the throne. On the walls there were lots of paintings of other kings. In the middle there was a huge chandelier. The chandelier had 96 candles on it. A lot of rooms had items with 96 things because it was a special number in Byzantine myths. In the living room, there were 96 huge ceiling tiles. After exploring the castle we walked back into town and stopped at a shop in Fusson where my mom bought a cuckoo clock that was made out of wood from the Black Forest.