We went to Neuschwanstein today. It took four hours to get to Fussen, because it's a little town in the middle of nowhere. In fact, most of the trains I have ridden in Germany are powered by overhead power lines, but the train to Fussen had a diesel locomotive (or at least a diesel generator to make electricity).
We arrived and got in line to get tickets, when we were told that the Neuschwanstein tour was sold out. I guess that they had a lot of unexpected demand that day. I think it was because the weather warmed up a bit, and it ended up being a pretty nice weekend. In a twin set of tragedies, the castle was also under repair, and so the whole west wall was covered in scaffolding.
While we were in Hohenschwangau (the little village below the castles) we had a Bavarian Bratwurst and a pretzel. The bratwurst tasted like an oversize hotdog to me, but I guess that is what you get in a tourist town.
We took an overfilled Mercedes bus up the mountain to Marienbrucke, where there was an awesome view of the castle.
Even though we weren't able to get a tour of the interior, the courtyard was wide open for pictures.
We did see the Hohenschwangau Castle, but didn't make the hike over to walk around it.
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