Easter!

Munich is a big Catholic town. It is no question that Easter is quite the big deal here. So, in honor of all the peeps and cadbury eggs, we got a whopping two days off work, to make a grand total of 4 days off. It was awesome! Since we had a little time on our hands, we thought we'd go do it up in Venice... unfortunately men plan and god laughs.. Instead, we decided to take a tour of a few parts of Bavaria, and even venture out to Austria (Salzburg). Our Easter consisted of a lot of super cute towns, medieval villages, castles, churches, monks and MOZART! Über Awesome!

We spent our first day at Linderhof Palace and Neuschwanstein Castle -two of the three Kind Ludwig II built during his reign as king of Bavaria. You will notice that Neuschwanstein is actually quite familiar... especially if you fancy Disney. Yep, it was the castle that Walt Disney used as his inspiration for the big Disney castle. How can I describe this... I am not a big Disney fan, I can't deny that it's culturally relevant, and like some of the movies, but eh... you know how it is.. However, we all have gone to Disney and seen the castle in the distance. Gawked at it and drove our parents insane for them to "TAKE ME TO THE CASTLE SO I CAN GO INSIDE", only to have our hopes destroyed when you realize that you can't go in because its got a bunch of storage crap inside and in the middle it's just an empty walk way. That, after finding there is no: Tooth Fairy or Santa Claus is the third big lie that jades children. PARENTS BE WARNED. So, visiting the castle AND GOING INSIDE, was like a fucking dream come true for that little part of me that died when I was 6.

The castle is, well, a castle. It is up on a mountain and it is a hike to get to it, maneuver when you're in it, and... away from it. It is not gigantic like a palace -its a castle. And, it was never finished. But, despite this, I found it to be super great. I loved it. Like FOR REAL. It's all furnished in wood and gold. It's got marble and tapestries, just like you always thought. The only crappy thing is that you're not allowed to take pictures inside of the castle. Trust me, those harpies that work there are always watching to come down on smart ass tourists who try to snap away. I did manage to get ONE picture inside, right before the yelling of "EXCUSEME MA'AM, NO PICTURES, NOOO PICTURES INSIDE THE CASTLE!!!!" began.

Here is Linderhof (from the outside duh)





And here is Neuschwanstein





The Next Day! We took a train to Salzburg -birthplace of Mozart. BOY, will they never let anyone forget him. Anywhere you turn.. there he is. Kind of like how our tour guide was totally obsessed with The Sound of Music, and kept pointing out where shots of the movie were filmed. Here's a couple of pics.





The third day and the fourth day... well, I don't have pictures of that edited yet. Because I'm a lazy ass... So.. Stay tuned?