On Season 3, Leg 7 (original air date: 11/20/2002) of the Amazing Race on CBS, teams travel to Munich, Germany; take a train from Munich to Innsbruck, Austria, and find the Pit Stop located in a meadow with a view Neuschwanstein Castle.The train station in Munich is known as the München Hauptbahnhof. I don't believe I have ever taken a train into or out of Munich, but here I am at the München Hauptbahnhof.
While in Innsbruck, Austria, teams search for the Pillar of St. Anna. Although you can barely see me, I am on the left in the photo on the right.
At the end of the Leg 7, teams find Phil Keoghan in a meadow near Neuschwanstein Castle. This castle is known as the inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle.
Amazing Race returns to the Neuschwanstein Castle in Season 20, Leg 5 (original air date 3/18/2012), and teams search the castle for their next clue. In comparison to my own visit to Neuschwanstein Castle in 1997, there were long lines and tourists everywhere. I could only enter the castle as part of a guided tour. In the episode, teams are shown wandering about (not a guided tour) in the castle. My conclusion is that this episode was shot on a day when the castle was closed to the public.
In the photo below, I am enjoying lunch just outside Neuschwanstein Castle with friends from Study Abroad 1997.
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