We finally went through the legendary castle of Mad King Ludwig. The castle was the inspiration for Walt Disney's "sleeping beauty castle". Ludwig decorated each of the rooms as part of an opera from his favourite composer. He only managed to decorate 16 of 100 rooms inside before his mysterious death in 1886 when the parliament declared him insane and he died under his doctors care only after one day. His final wish to his family was to destroy the castle upon his death so that no one else may enjoy it. His daughter did the opposite, she opened it to the public within weeks of his death.
The students enjoyed a little shopping at the base of the mountain in which the castle was on, as well as walking around the lake. Then came the one mile climb up the pathway to the castle. The students were amazed at the size of the castle and the detail of each room. We finished day seven in the city of Freussen where we wait for the 5 am bus ride to Cortina for the curling game at the World Championships of Canada vs China.
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