Castles, castles, castles . . .

 

I enjoyed visiting all these castles but they sure put a end to childhood dreams of every living in one of these stone mansions. I can only imagine how cold and damp they were in winter. We were there in temperate weather and needed a jacket inside!

Although the Bavarian King Lugwig was eccentric, he wasn't stupid. He invented a flush sort of toilet in one of his castles. Good thinking as it would have been a long, winding staircase of a walk to be comfortable in any other circumstances.

All the castles were in Germany except the one on the upper left which was the Hohen Salzburg in Austria. Didn't hear any mention of ghosts in any of them. There is, according to my mother, some ghostly monk that hangs out in and around the Hohen Salzburg. We did not meet him!