Did You Know....? - Manic Monarchs

Ludwig II of Bavaria decided to reverse night and day. He had a moon painted on his bedroom ceiling and started going on long coach drives in the middle of the night. Another of his moon-light escapades involved riding on horseback round and round the courtyard for up to seven hours at a time, pausing only to change horses. The object of the exercise was to simulate the distance of heroic journeys - like the one from Munich to Innsbruck - and the riding time was calculated accordingly.