My father had a poster of this German castle in my childhood home. It fit my image of what a castle should look like. As I got older, I discovered that not many other castles look like this. It was something like out of a fairy tale, and that was exactly the intention of the "Swan King" Ludwig II who ordered it built.
In high school, I had a fascination with all things German and I would often dream of visiting and even living in this castle. My fascination with German ended quickly and so did my dreams of Schloss Neuschwanstein. What ended those dreams was finding out that the castle is relatively new compared to most European castles. No king really resided there and was never part of the Middle Ages or the Renaissance.
But still I would like to visit this castle and the Alpine region of Bavaria where it is home. Germany has always been a destination for me, but the closest I got was waiting in a departure gate in Frankfurt twice with flights between Russia and the States.
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