Grandma and Grandpa Nylund arrived yesterday for their second visit. We have a 4-day long trip planned for later in their stay, but for the next few days will content ourselves with day trips.
Only 15 minutes away from home is the town of Königstein im Taunus. My friend Kathy told us that the ruins of the castle are fun to visit, with its dark spooky passageways and impressive view of the town.
Königstein castle, built on a high hillside, dates back to the 12th century.
We amused ourselves speculating on what the underground caverns could have been used for. I opted for storage, the kids for imprisonment and torture.
We were glad that we took Kathy's advice and brought a few flashlights. One minute you were walking in the sunny courtyard, the next you'd enter a passageway, turn a corner and literally could not see your hand in front of your face.
Rapunzel gazing out from her tower
Surveying their kingdom
The castle met its end in the French Revolutionary Wars when the French blew it up in 1796, although this may have been unintentional. (Local legend has it that that gunpowder was hid in the castle's well, and a spark from a careless French soldier's pipe started the explosion).
We ended our excursion with the obligatory stop at a playground and....
...yummy ice cream.
Only 15 minutes away from home is the town of Königstein im Taunus. My friend Kathy told us that the ruins of the castle are fun to visit, with its dark spooky passageways and impressive view of the town.
Königstein castle, built on a high hillside, dates back to the 12th century.
We amused ourselves speculating on what the underground caverns could have been used for. I opted for storage, the kids for imprisonment and torture.
We were glad that we took Kathy's advice and brought a few flashlights. One minute you were walking in the sunny courtyard, the next you'd enter a passageway, turn a corner and literally could not see your hand in front of your face.
Rapunzel gazing out from her tower
Surveying their kingdom
The castle met its end in the French Revolutionary Wars when the French blew it up in 1796, although this may have been unintentional. (Local legend has it that that gunpowder was hid in the castle's well, and a spark from a careless French soldier's pipe started the explosion).
We ended our excursion with the obligatory stop at a playground and....
...yummy ice cream.
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