This is a long overdue post. About three weeks ago Michaela, Mary, Andrew, and I went to Chiemsee. Unfortunately, it was a really rainy day, but we still enjoyed ourselves. There are 2 popular islands on this lake. Herreninsel und Fraueninsel haha Man island and Woman island. On Herreninsel, there is a stunning castle, another one of Kind Ludwig II's - the Bavarian King who also built Neuschwannsteinschloss, the "Disney castle". This one he modeled directly after the Palace of Versailles in France. Everything in the castle is ment to have a French style. They said the king didn't want anything about the castle to look Bavarian. Odd idea for a king to want a house that looks like another country? I wish I could've taken pictures inside because it was unbelieveably tacky. It was way way way too much - it was all gold, marble, imported wood and a long list of other extremely valueable things, worth a great deal, but way over done. We couldn't help but giggle from how ridiculously over the top everything looked.
It was about an hour and a half train ride, a 20 min walk from the train station, a 15 min boat ride, and then another 30 min walk to the castle... in the rain... it was worth it.
The garten was absolutely beautiful. The fountains were works of art and from both sides of the palace you could see the lake on either side. It is super fancy and a cool palace, but I could never live like that. It looked like a movie set up.
In the pouring rain but enjoying our time together. So this is another wonderful day trip to take in Bavaria! Another one to check off our wish list!
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