If Neuschwanstein castle looks a little familiar, that is because it is, as I mentioned before, the inspiration for Walt Disney’s Cinderella’s castle in Disneyland.
The funny thing is… and yes, I know I like to throw a ‘thing’ into my posts whenever I can, but this is just a regular, run-of-the-mill funny thing… this castle isn’t that old. It isn’t like some medieval fortress built to protect the area from rampaging knights.
It was built much more recently… by King Ludwig… known as the Mad King.
He just had it built to look like an old castle… or, to be more accurate, to look like a big-budget movie set of an old castle.
Basically, this was just a big clubhouse he and his friends could come and play in… a big-boy fort, if you will.
I think he spent so much money on things like this that his own people eventually did away with him… somebody Google that!
Because if it is true, then he falls into the same category as the King of France who was beheaded by his own people… remember, from my hilarious blog series; ‘Lifestyles of the rich and French’, back when we visited Versailles together… so maybe you shouldn’t take my tips on how to live like a king seriously after all.
The fact that this castle was built at the expense of the commoners by a rich douche-bag with a Donald Trump complex doesn’t really detract from its beauty.
It is still worth visiting… hey, at the very least, you might get to pet some horses, right?
And hey, who wouldn’t build a castle for themselves if they had the money, right?
Just open it up to the tourists when you aren’t there.
Your family should make their money back in just a few dozen generations.
Of course, it would be better if you could just use other people’s money.
Oh, and see those little dots way up there? Be sure, when you do build your castle and then turn it into a tourist destination, to put it way up in the mountains… so crazy people can hang glide over it.
Pouring My Art Out 
Whew! Gotta get me one of those castle thingys.
I guess you could throw in a hall of mirrors and some fancy ceiling paintings and carvings of you as a Greek or Roman god.
I wouldn’t need any statues – I’ve got my wild haired writer look going on and I could scare the populace. However. I would like to take the statue money and buy a submarine – a big one preferably a nuclear ballistic missile sub and put it in the basement of my castle. We could dig a large grotto and connect it underground to the nearest ocean so I could take my submarine for a run when I wanted. We could design a maintenance hanger under ground to keep my submarine in good working order – like the Germans had for their U-boats – underground submarine pens. This would likely cost less than all the statues. And it would be far more fun – UP PERISCOPE!
uh… have you been reading the blueprints for my secret lair>???
Great minds think alike!
and so do ours
To be fair, a lot of old architectural marvels had been created thanks to narcissistic dictators willing to waste commoners money and lives to make a name for themselves.
Not only buildings… food recipes, clothing fashions, and sexual positions too… HA!!!