{"id":291,"date":"2009-07-23T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrisfawkes.net\/blog1\/2009\/07\/23\/thursday-july-23-2009\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:42:00","slug":"thursday-july-23-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/thursday-july-23-2009\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right; \"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:28px;\"><span style=\"color:#808080;\"><strong>Neuschwanstein Castle<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><font size=\"4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/x7c.xanga.com\/d5cf2b2550533250057128\/b198432476.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"522\" src=\"http:\/\/x7c.xanga.com\/d5cf2b2550533250057128\/b198432476.jpg\" style=\"border-style: none; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"castle\" width=\"792\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/span><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><font size=\"4\"><br \/>\n\tFrom a particular vantage point. I took a cable car up the Bavarian Alps where i figured i would walk 20 minutes to find the best view for my shot. <\/p>\n<p>\tAs i left the chair lift i realized i had not put on my walking shoes, i had slipped on my dress shoes. 20 euro to get to the top and several k out of town i figured i would just walk it. <\/p>\n<p>\t3.5 hours later i had not got the view that i wanted and had somehow ended up on the other side of the castle. <\/font><\/span><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><font size=\"4\"><br \/>\n\tSo i walk to the bottom despite all the other hikers sniggering about my shoes as we passed. I was wasted. <\/p>\n<p>\tThen i was struck with a brilliant idea. I knew roughly where i wanted to be. So why not go from the bottom and just start climbing up the side of the Alps until i hit a path near where i wanted to be. <\/p>\n<p>\tOnly a river stood in my way and shallow enough that i could walk through it. So off came my shoes and i walked through ice cold water to the other side. <\/p>\n<p>\tNo track and no solid ground as it turned out but i decided to head up anyw<\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><font size=\"4\">ay. About an hour and a half later i&#39;m thinking that the only way to go is up as there is not way i could go back down. I had been pulling myself up using the trees. <\/p>\n<p>\tThen i hit a solid cliff face and suddenly had a rethink of my not being able to go back down philosophy. <br \/>\n\t<\/font><\/span><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><font size=\"4\">With unstable footing and gravity working the other way it was quite an experience. Not something i would recommend. In fact the whole idea was probably the dumbest decision i have ever made. <\/p>\n<p>\tI never got the shot that i wanted and i&#39;m feeling like jelly several days later. Probably a light punishment. <\/p>\n<p>\tWithout doubt though Fuessen and the Bavarian Alps would be one of the prettiest spots on earth. Definitely worth checking out. <\/p>\n<p>\t&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/x44.xanga.com\/b91856e0d4068250057111\/b198432460.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"522\" src=\"http:\/\/x44.xanga.com\/b91856e0d4068250057111\/b198432460.jpg\" style=\"border-style: none; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"alps2\" width=\"792\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"http:\/\/x05.xanga.com\/f1385bf2d4078250057110\/b198432459.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"522\" src=\"http:\/\/x05.xanga.com\/f1385bf2d4078250057110\/b198432459.jpg\" style=\"border-style: none; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"alps\" width=\"792\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neuschwanstein Castle &nbsp; &nbsp; From a particular vantage point. I took a cable car up the Bavarian Alps where i figured i would walk 20 minutes to find the best view for my shot. As i left the chair lift i realized i had not put on my walking shoes, i had slipped on my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisfawkes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}