Three Castles and a Kloster....OH MY!!!

While Paul's mom was here we couldn't let her leave Germany without seeing the granddaddy of all castles Neuschwanstein and it's sister castle the Hohenschwangau. We also took Mom to go see the Linderhof another one of King Ludwig II castles and of course Kloster Ettal. I think Mom was on complete overload by the end of the day.


Now for those of you who have been following our blog you know that Paul and I don't care much for Neuchwanstein because:

A) It is ALWAYS crowded
B) It's a fairly new castle dating back to the last 1800's.We prefer the OLD castles even if in ruins. We had seen all this before so it was nothing new and frankly I was soooo dreading Neuschwanstein because I HATE hiking up that hill to the top. None the less it is something you HAVE to see when you come to Germany.

For those of you who don't remember about Neuschwanstein and the Hohenschwangau you can read up on our past adventures here:
NEUSCHWANSTEIN

Now I didn't take a bunch of pictures this time since we have been there several times before and it was nothing new. I did however take lots of pictures of the lake by Neuschwanstein because of how beautiful it was. I also did take more pictures of the Hohenschwangau because the last few times we have been there it was under construction.








The one thing that was different this time was we got to see the gardens of the Linderhof. The last time we went to the Linderhof it was March and none of the gardens were opened yet. I have to admit the gardens is what makes the Linderhof because without the gardens the castle is a complete disappointment.






After all of this we went to see the Kloster Ettal. We never get tired of going to see the Kloster because it is such a beautiful church.

You can read about our past adventures to the Kloster Ettal HERE