Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The Fairy Tale Road… Backwards (Bremen to Hanau) DAY 6
While we rested and talked about our day I discovered that we missed a pretty impressive castle in Kassel, and a huge statue of Hercules. We made the decision to go back to Kassel and visit castle Löwenberg, but to save Hercules for when we go to Greece (if it’s there). It was absolutely pouring today and we still haven’t found cheap rain gear. Julie was extremely disappointed at the distance from the castle we had to park and the cold bitter day. Backtracking is something we both hate to do but we also hate to miss something good. The only way to see the castle is by guided tour, and lucky for us the common language was English, though once again, I was the only monolingual person there. We did the tour with a German couple, an Italian family and a lady from Turkey. It was pretty interesting to hear all the languages being spoken and the constant search for words by all parties. The castle itself looks amazing and offers a pretty nice view of the city, but they mostly boast about all the original pieces of art work, armor, furniture, tapestries etc. that survived the war. Impressive, but we would have enjoyed the castle more if they didn’t survive the war. We then drove south again to the town of Neukirchen to visit the fairy tale house, but after parking and having a discussion about it, we decided to just move on and that it wasn’t worth our time or money. Alsfeld is a small town and is on the FTR for its link to the Frog Prince, another Brother Grim fairy tale. Once we parked at our stellplatz, we headed into town as we were in need of a toilet. The tourist office was closed, but like the town in Neinburg, they had a town map outside its doors. We took a look at the map and made use of the free public bathrooms. Since we were in town we decided to explore a little bit as it was only 5pm. The town hall differed from all others we have seen as it had a huge open area as its first floor. The building was perched on arches which gave it an odd look.
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Wow sounds like there is nothing you guys are missing out on. Pretty intensive tour of Europe so far!!!
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