German Wanderlust "The Bavarian Alps" 2/2
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Julia Bradbury takes her boots and backpack to the Continent to explore the landscape of Germany and the cultural movement that made it famous - Romanticism. The Germans enjoy a relationship with walking that has lasted over 200 years. The exploration of their landscape has inspired music, literature and art, and Romanticism has even helped shape the modern German nation, as Julia discovers. By walking in four very different parts of Germany, she explores river valleys, coastlines, mountains and gorges, following in the footsteps of Richard Wagner, Caspar David Friedrich, Johannes Brahms as well as British Romantics like William Turner and Lord Byron. This is Julia's chance to discover her own sense of wanderlust. Julia moves to the far south of Germany for her second adventure. The Alps are a famous walking environment and, 140 years ago, were the playground of the famously eccentric Bavarian king Ludwig II. Julia's stunning mountain walk explores the fairytale story of Ludwig's life, his obsession with landscape, Romantic art and literature, and his close friendship with composer Richard Wagner. The walk's highlight is Ludwig's greatest Romantic legacy, the incredible castle of Neuschwanstein.
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(Pre-)Financed by Prussia - Bismarck made that concession to II. for his agreement on Wilhelm I. coronation as "Kaiser der Deutschen". Later it was obviously refinanced by France...
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Yeah you are right. The landscape with the castle is the thing you should enjoy there. I don't recommend to go into the castle - tourists are tided over it in masses.
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This documentary of German Wanderlust in addition to The Rhine are my favs. My step-dad speaks it fluently and i am learning. Part of my Wanderlust stems from my previous employer that donated 2.5 million to Wagner's Ring Cycle, one of the largest gifts made by a Canadian to the arts years ago. So wild. Not many realize just how precious these documentaries are to me.
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I dont know about "wanderlust" i think it`s more like "Bradburylust".
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Translates to New Swan Stone it does not sound the same somehow you have to love the German language everything sounds so dramatic. Marienbrucke is an absolute must if you go to Neuschwanstein.
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You can walk to Neuschwanstein from Hohenschwangau I know I did it 4 weeks ago.
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Don't say Neuschwanzstein...but a very nice documentary.
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Visitors to the castles MUST NOT confuse Neuschwanstein (the 'Fairy Tale') castle where JB is escorted, with the adjacent Hohenschwangau, which is easily done, don't ask me how I know! You can walk up to Hohenschwangau for the escorted tour, but the trip to Neuschwanstein is only by coach or horse-carriage. To see them both you need a whole day. If the cablecar just up the road isn't working, drive north-east about 5 miles and take the chairlift at Herdweg. Stunning scenery. (May 2011)
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