Fussen lies in the very southern part of Germany in the Bavarian Alps, close to the Austrian border. There were two castles that we were able to see here: Hohenschwangau (German: Highland of the Swan) and Neuschwanstein (German: New Swan Stone). Hohenschwangau is the yellow one which was created on the same site as a twelfth-century castle built by the knights of the Order of Schwangau, whose emblem was the swan. The second castle was created by the "Mad" King Ludwig II near the end of the 1800's in honor of composer Richard Wagner. We took a carriage ride up to Neuschwanstein - it would have taken about 30 minutes by foot. The castle is very beautiful - to be there and see the castle from the Marienbrucke (Mary's Bridge) feels like something straight out of Cinderella.
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