Posted in Italy, Travels, Tuscany, castles, cool places, curious stuff, flowers, islands, old towns on April 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
In this article I’ll talk about Giglio Castello (which means Giglio’s Castle). In my honest opinion, it’s the most wonderful place of the whole island (well, shores apart of course). For sure it is from the cultural point of view. In the photo below you can admire it from distance, from a secondary road…
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Posted in Germany, Travels, castles, flowers, poetic stuff on January 29th, 2007 No Comments »
During our trip to Germany, some years ago, we stopped for a few days in Oberammergau from where it’s easy to go to Ludwig’s castles.
The first one I went to visit was Linderhof, built in 1874-1878, which is in Ettal, at a little over an hour’s distance from Oberammergau and from the other two castles [...]
Posted in Germany, Travels, castles, poetic stuff on January 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
The Hohenschwngau Castle, built in 1832-1836, was Ludwig’s parents’ castle. Here young Ludwig spent all his childhood. It’s very close, practically attached to the more famous Neuschwanstein Castle. In fact you can already catch a glimpse of it from the parking lot where all the busses stop. It’s unique because of [...]