Once upon a time there was a very young King in Bavaria with a creative mind named King Ludwig the Second.
People thought he was crazy.
He ascended to the throne very unprepared (according to his own account) and didn't care one whit for public affairs or diplomacy.
He just loved the arts. Art, music and architecture were his passion.
So he used the royal funds to build.
And build and build and build.
He was inspired by all kinds of castles and commissioned a few of his own to be built.
The most famous of all is Neuschwanstein.
It is famous especially among little girls with stars in their eyes about princesses.
Because Walt Disney based Sleeping Beauty's castle on this one.
Rumor has it that it put the whole area in extreme debt.
People were starving as Ludwig's extravagant castles were being built.
But today, it is the richest source of income for the whole area.
Because tourists come from near and far to witness it's exquisite beauty.
Perched high up on a mountain:
...Overlooking a gorgeous valley that holds the palace of Ludwig's boyhood home...the golden castle you can see below:
So all these years later nine women and a very cute little baby boy hiked up to see that place.
(All but one of them wearing puffy jackets...)
And they breathed in it's exquisite beauty from as many angles as they could get to.
They stayed until the sun went down.
They listened to a pretty fascinating audio tour all about that king way back when...he was banished and pronounced "insane" to get him to stop the "madness" of the building. Sadly, shortly after his "diagnosis" he died very mysteriously.
The End.
(But not the end of MFME because Part 5 is HERE.)