After spending a couple of days (according Alison a couple is ‘two’, but I think it’s more ‘between two and four’. What do you think?) touring the Netherlands we rent a car and escape the horrible weather (cold and rainy) to drive South.
We only have a week and we (actually I, because Alison doesn’t have a driver’s license) don’t want to drive 15 hours a day so we probably won’t make it very far South. But since Alison hasn’t seen much of Europe so far, every bit is new and exiting. We manage to get to a campsite in the Palatinate (Pfalz) in Germany which adds already two new countries (we drove over Luxembourg) to her list of visited countries.
We made a short hike just outside the campground and not only found rocks where I used to climb, but also this, very well preserved castle, with parts originating from the 14th century. We find out that the Palatinate really is dotted with castles, almost as many as there are windmills in the Netherlands. On every hill top there seems to be a castle. Some in ruins, but other’s are still inhabited. Unfortunately we don’t have time to visit other castles, we have to go on, for our ‘Europe in one week’-tour.
I didn’t sleep very well, camping mattresses and my shoulder don’t go well together…
May 23 2006
Castle
After spending a couple of days (according Alison a couple is ‘two’, but I think it’s more ‘between two and four’. What do you think?) touring the Netherlands we rent a car and escape the horrible weather (cold and rainy) to drive South.
We only have a week and we (actually I, because Alison doesn’t have a driver’s license) don’t want to drive 15 hours a day so we probably won’t make it very far South. But since Alison hasn’t seen much of Europe so far, every bit is new and exiting. We manage to get to a campsite in the Palatinate (Pfalz) in Germany which adds already two new countries (we drove over Luxembourg) to her list of visited countries.
We made a short hike just outside the campground and not only found rocks where I used to climb, but also this, very well preserved castle, with parts originating from the 14th century. We find out that the Palatinate really is dotted with castles, almost as many as there are windmills in the Netherlands. On every hill top there seems to be a castle. Some in ruins, but other’s are still inhabited. Unfortunately we don’t have time to visit other castles, we have to go on, for our ‘Europe in one week’-tour.
I didn’t sleep very well, camping mattresses and my shoulder don’t go well together…
By mare • english •