We are in Fussen in Lower Bavaria tonight. Its a picture perfect little town on the river with magical towers and painted houses. We came through Oberammagau ( the next play is in 2020 ) so it was a bit quiet, but pretty too, although I think Fussen is prettier.
We are staying here as its the gateway to the King's castles. Today we visited Schloss Lindhoff , which although is not how you would imagine a castle - more a chateau -it was still very grand and decorated in the extreme rococo style, but wasn't really too bad. (Even though there was 5 kg of gilt on the walls) The grounds, including the woods were just lovely. King Ludwig II, who was 'the mad king', even built an artificial cave or grotto, just so he could listen to his favourite Wagner operas. And he built a hunting lodge and another pavilion, all to Wagner's set designs, only these were real buildings! Apparently he had his staff dress the part, so he could sit there and fantasise he was a character in an opera.
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