Our very last day-trip in Germany, on our very last full day in Europe, was to visit Neuschwanstein castle…

We drove out from Munich for a few hours and Mollie finally got to see the Alps… which you have to at least see if you go to Europe, right?

I spent a lot of time, after our trip to Dachau, thinking about how warm and friendly and nice and kind most Germans are. Maybe that is what makes the whole mess with Hitler so strange and terrible… that he could make ordinary people do the things they did. That is the lesson from history that we need to remember.

Oooh… I think I see the castle… that little white thing on the side of that mountain way over there…

That is a cruel sign to put on a barn in a field right where the cows can see it.

The drive through the countryside was spectacular.

And the castle kept growing ever nearer.

It was a lovely day.

The air was crisp and clean, the temperature mild.

I took a lot of pictures on this little excursion… please Google Neuschwanstein castle… it is too interesting to not know about, and too much work to explain here.

It is said to be the castle that Walt Disney modeled Cinderella’s castle in Disneyland after.

The town below the castle is freekin’ charming.

Did you spot my mom’s head at the bottom of that picture? HA!

Also, this place was built under orders from the Mad King… Ludwig… (pronounced: Loodvig, if you in Germany)… so how can you not want to Google it now???