Fussen is a small town in germany located near a few castles. We went on a tour that showed us a church that had mummies. Apparently churches buy holy things from the Vatican and at some point they sold mummies of (illegedly) saintly people. Very creepy.
We then went to neuschwenstein castle which was the basis for the Disney castle. It was built by the mad king Ludwig to be more of a dream than a castle, and was never finished. Nearby was also castle obermagau, where the knights of the swan that used to rule the valley resided in before the state of bavaria came along. He dedicated the castle to Richard Wagner, and wouldnt allow him into the castle until it was finished, and they both died before Richard ever came near it.
Finally we saw Ludwig's mansion, which was incredible. He was so antisocial that he had a dinner table in his quarters that could be raised and lowered from the kitchen so no servants would have to come near him when he wanted to be alone, and he sat across from a mirror for company.
He also had a gigantic artificial cave grotto created near the property that was very cool and he would hold parties and listen to music there.
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