Most disappointing tourism attractions

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 Peter wrote:

 Tapfret wrote:

My recent trip to ">Schloß Neuschwanstein .  This is not a castle, it is a palace. I wanted to see a real castle, one where invaders got hot oil poured on them and rocks and farm animals thrown at them from the battlements. This was just some rich guys house.  The tourguide was an incarnation of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. You have to follow the tour, which purposely takes you through 3 gift shops before you can escape.  Seriously, there is so much to see and do in Bavaria, and this was a monumental waste of time. 

One bright spot. It was the day we discovered Koenig Ludwig Weissbier.  And unbelievably, its available in the states....YUM YUM! 
Surely you could have easily found out more about Neuschwanstein via the Web before you went there? I've never been there, but I do know that it is a relatively new king's palace,  and not a medieval castle.

Sounds like the tour was a money-grabbing pain, though. Perhaps if I'm ever there, I'll content myself with taking some pics from outside.

Re the farm animals from the battlements: RUN AWAAAAAY!

The beer looks tasty -- I rode my bike over 200km each way yesterday, to Quebec in order to buy some very good "bottle conditioned" Belgian-style microbrewery beer, of a similar type to that stuff. 4 hours + $20 gas + $10 for two 750ml bottles = rather dear beer! 

It was very good, though! Call me dedicated....

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I don't suppose I'll be able to find these guys here.

As far as Neuschwanstein goes, I could have found out more, but the wife wanted to go there. I could have found out that a vital organ transplant was required for admission....it would not have mattered.  Besides, I am American. We do everything the same way, including travel. Charge in with no idea of where we are going and no exit strategy. We're doing Canada next year the same way.  