Castle Hunting

Yesterday, Sunday, we decided to drive along the Rhine River and "hunt for castles".  Everyone told us how beautiful the drive was, and that we would see many castles, but we weren't quite sure what to think.  Well, can I just say - it was AMAZING!!!  If I were a "real" hunter, I could only dream of it being this easy!  Our castle hunting turned into "oh, there's another one", "don't miss that one", ....I think you get the picture! 

I will admit - the kids were not very excited about going driving to "look" at castles....big deal, right?  Well, within minutes of spotting our first castle, they were loving it.  They couldn't believe that the roads we were driving on were older than America, let alone that someone actually LIVED in those castles.

During our drive, we got out and walked in some of the towns, and had lunch in a German restaurant.  The girls weren't ready to fully embrace the Germany cuisine, so they ordered pizza, but Alex was jumping right in, and ordered Schnitzel mit salat (yup, I'm almost fluent - mit salat means with salad!)  :)

All in all the day was spectacular, and my words will never do the day justice, so I have a few pictures to show the sights....if you want to see more, let me know (by leaving a comment below) and I will add more!

I hope you enjoy going "castle hunting" with us!

Alex trying to pull the chains out of the ground.....hee hee - the German version of Excalibur's sword!  :)

and Rebecca gives it a try.....

one VERY tired Princess (both the dog, AND Rebecca...ha!)

and on for kicks.....Alex got this mayo packet for his schnitzel (sp?) and thought it was funny....