We started our Europe trip with a blast to the past as we looked through historical Roman sites and have ended our trip going through medieval castles. As we have made our way through Austria and Germany, one of our goals was to visit a variety of castles. We walked through the fortress in Salzburg, but our first "real" castle was Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles in Fussen located in the Bavarian Alps. We took a guided tour through these castles and were only to see a certain portion of the castles. It was also a little difficult to reallz comprehend then English used by our German guides. Still it was great to see. Neuschwanstein Castle is the castle that Disneyland modeled their castle after.
Once we arrived back in Frankfurt, we took a tour down the Rhine River. This river was used as a major trade route and over time has been an area of significant value resulting in wars and battles. We ended our tour in St. Goar where we toured the Rheinfels Castle. This was much cheaper to tour and we were able to explore the entire castle on our own as long as we wanted. That was fun because we followed a short guide map that explained some things, but overall, we were free to see what we want. This was a huge castle with many tunnels and outlets. We could have explored more, but many of the tunnel and mine shafts were pitch dark and required a flashlight. This castle was simply amazing and a great way to end our European trip.
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