SCHWANGAU
It is my understanding that KONIGSSCHLOSSER is German for King's Castles and TICKET is English for the German word Fahrkarte (Bri, correct me if I'm wrong). There are 2 magnificant castles at Schwangau. Photos are not allowed inside them, but you will herein receive a grand tour of the gounds, along with some fascinating history of it all. As you press the "next" button you will be obtaining your virtual ticket for this remarkable excursion. At the real site, you would get a ticket for 17 Euros (about $20) with a number and a time on it. You would visit the castles in the same order as we will in this album, and you would not be allowed to enter either one until your number appeared on meters outside each castle. All viewing inside each castle is by guided tour only, with each tour coordinated so that different ones are conducted in different languages. Most of the people in YOUR tour would understand English (and therefore the tour guide), but for the few who could not, hand-held devices would be provided explaining it all in their language. The whole thing is actually quite remarkably efficient (the German engineering thing, I guess) and tremendous Bavarian fun.
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on December 5, 2009Comments from the old KodakGallery. Feel free to leave your own comments, too!
SusanWed Mar 07 2007 15:28:51
Really? You couldn't take pictures inside the castles? But I took lots of pictures in them. Maybe they have changed the rules.......farfeknuggen!
tom.Sat Mar 03 2007 08:29:51
...sounds like far-out-karate to me...
BeverLiFri Mar 02 2007 11:48:12
nice memory
briThu Mar 01 2007 16:14:36
Schlo�karten?
MarkThu Mar 01 2007 06:28:51
But I don't drive very fahr. What would these tickets be called?
briThu Mar 01 2007 04:49:11
fahrkarte does mean ticket but only for transportation, fahr meaning drive.