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Posted: 3/3/2016 8:45:19 PM EDT
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The stories that places like that have..
Where exactly is that one? |
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They are amazing, but sadly Europe is being overrun and no longer safe.
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I was there a few years back, unfortunately you can't really see much on the tour.
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I would love to do that also.
But from what I understand Wales has the most castles to explore (my brother-in-law was born in Wales). |
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The guy who owned that castle was gay and had his throat slit or some shit at another one of his castles. Ive been there and you have to take a tour, no running around in secret passages.
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I would like to have a free and totally unrestricted walk of the Vatican.
Nothing off limits. |
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Beautiful, but not a "vinttage" medieval castle. I believe that one was built in the 1800's as a throwback.
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Do believe the Nazis used that one (among many others) to store tons of the artwork they stole during the war.
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The stories that places like that have.. Where exactly is that one? View Quote Actually that one doesn't have many stories to tell. It was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria who only spent 11 nights in it before he died in 1886. It was almost immediately opened to the public for tours. It's in Hohenschwangau, Bavaria very close to the Austrian border. We visited several years ago when we were stationed in Italy. |
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I'm not sure where it is but it's called Neuschwanstein Castle. I was just searching for images of German castles View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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The stories that places like that have.. Where exactly is that one? I'm not sure where it is but it's called Neuschwanstein Castle. I was just searching for images of German castles I believe it's in Orlando. |
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How in the world would you heat a place like that in the 1800's? Wood fireplaces of course, but I'll bet it was cold! |
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The stories that places like that have.. Where exactly is that one? I'm not sure where it is but it's called Neuschwanstein Castle. I was just searching for images of German castles I believe it's in Orlando. Lol |
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I'd love to spend a week or so exploring the dungeons, basements, hidden passages and attics of a castle like this. http://i.imgur.com/OgP39jJ.jpg View Quote I have that picture on our bedroom wall. I'd love to b able to see that stuff for real. What I'd give for my very own castle! |
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View Quote Told ya, there it is. After all, it is a Small World. |
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I'd love to spend a week or so exploring the dungeons, basements, hidden passages and attics of a castle like this. http://i.imgur.com/OgP39jJ.jpg View Quote doesn't compare to Trump Castle |
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Neuschwanstein Castle is awesome. Been there twice. IIRC, the castle isn't even finished but the parts that you do see are wonderful. Would love to be there for a Christmas concert.
"Der Koni" was indeed murdered at Lake Starnberg in mysterious circumstances. That whole area is gorgeous. |
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You can't swing a dead cat in Germany without hitting a castle, one of my favorites... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Heidelberg-Schlo%C3%9F.JPG View Quote Heidelberg! They have two ginormous wine vats (several stories high) that are just incredible to see in person. |
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I am drawn to the castles with towers and turrets and pointy hat things |
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The guy who owned that castle was gay and had his throat slit or some shit at another one of his castles. Ive been there and you have to take a tour, no running around in secret passages. View Quote You're thinking of this guy: Ludwig II He "drowned" in an improbably shallow amount of water. Never lived to finish Herrenchiemsee, either. Still bare brick. |
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The stories that places like that have.. Where exactly is that one? View Quote its in bavaria, neuschwanstein castle. its not very historic, as it was built around 1860...... germany has castles 1000 years old, that were built on the ruins of 1000 year old castles. neuschwanstein is however, the prettiest, and its what disney based their castle on. iv been in several castles on the rhein river, and each one, big or small is really cool, and interesting. |
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You can't swing a dead cat in Germany without hitting a castle, one of my favorites... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Heidelberg-Schlo%C3%9F.JPG View Quote i got to visit heidelberg around 2007 returning from iraq... its pretty cool. |
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Quoted: Actually that one doesn't have many stories to tell. It was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria who only spent 11 nights in it before he died in 1886. It was almost immediately opened to the public for tours. It's in Hohenschwangau, Bavaria very close to the Austrian border. We visited several years ago when we were stationed in Italy. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: The stories that places like that have.. Where exactly is that one? Actually that one doesn't have many stories to tell. It was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria who only spent 11 nights in it before he died in 1886. It was almost immediately opened to the public for tours. It's in Hohenschwangau, Bavaria very close to the Austrian border. We visited several years ago when we were stationed in Italy. I toured it years ago as well. As said above, you really don't see much on the tour. The tour guides told us it's mainly a shell and much of the interior is unfinished. |
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I'd love to spend a week or so exploring the dungeons, basements, hidden passages and attics of a castle like this. http://i.imgur.com/OgP39jJ.jpg View Quote Got to go there while in th army back in the 80s . Just beautiful . |
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Some silly trivia, below is LANDGRAFENSCHLOSS, Butzbach. It is where the Hessian Mercenaries trained that fought for the British during our (United States) revolution. Some 200 years later I would be trained there, the US Army used it for PLDC (WLC now), it has since been turned back over to the Germans.
And a few miles away is Schloss Munzenburg, which is built on top of the ruins of Roman fortifications. |
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Nuremburg Castle is another interesting place to visit.................... Eppelein von Gailingen, a local Robin Hood type, was rumored to have escaped hanging when his horse leapt from the castle walls into the moat, and horseshoe imprints can be seen in the top of the wall. The place is supposed to be haunted as well
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I'm not sure where it is but it's called Neuschwanstein Castle. I was just searching for images of German castles View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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The stories that places like that have.. Where exactly is that one? I'm not sure where it is but it's called Neuschwanstein Castle. I was just searching for images of German castles We visited there in '79. That's the castle Disney's iconic castle was modeled after. |
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