This past weekend Mr X and I laid low and stayed local. On Saturday we headed in to Nuremberg to explore around a bit. Mr X says he heard somewhere that it was Hitler's favorite city. I don't know if that is true but it is a beautiful place. Unfortunately for my readers, I think we only took something like 3 pictures the whole day.
On Sunday we went on a castle hunt. There are castles all over the place here so it's not that challenging to go hunting for them. I used a map that had the castles marked and I planned out a route in a big circle from castle to castle. We didn't drive more than 15 minutes at a time from start to finish. I had originally planned to see 8 or 9 but the day disappeared quickly and we only made it to 5 or 6. Some were ruins, some quite modern and some are still inhabited to this day.
This one has been converted into a fancy schmancy hotel which, from the looks of the Ferraris in the parking lot, is quite pricey.
This one is a well preserved ruin which holds festivals all summer long.
This one serves as both a residence and a museum.
In this one a family still resides. I loved how precariously perched on the rock ledge it is.
This one was my favorite of the castles we saw. It is very much in ruins and not much is done for it's upkeep. It is mere miles from the Czech border. The deer appear to use it for a loo as their droppings were everywhere...you could hardly take a non-squishy step. That is Mr X and I at the very top waving.
This was a view from the top, looking down at the rest of the castle remains.
This was the back/side view of what is left and Mr X is down at the base.
1 comment:
I vote for the precarious perch castle. It is amazing. Since you seem to be into "poop" this go round, the rock somewhat resembles a pile of petrified horse turds. Who took the picture of you at the top or was your timing great with time delay?
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