Castles, Southern Germany Countryside.

I’m falling a little behind, these photos will bring us close to the present.

From Berlin, we took a train to Frankfurt, where we rented a minivan & drove to a small town called Bad Wimpfin. This town neighbors Mosbach, which is where my Pop’s side of the family lived (cousins still live there I believe). The lush, green rolling hills reminded me of Vermont…except for the castle part. We stayed in a home built in the 17th century, on the grounds of a castle that’s been around for about 900 years. Credit to Kelly for finding such amazing places to stay. We’re in Paris now, arrived last night. I’m all jacked up on espresso…nobody else is up yet. The photos are not all in chronological order, but close enough.

Relaxing on the train, on our way out of Berlin

Zach takes up the whole doorway these days. Taking the train is by far the most comfortable way to travel. Nelius legs are too long for airplanes & renting a car requires me to pay more attention than I like.

Alex after disembarking the train, in Frankfurt. Our luggage consists of one carry on per person. Plenty of room for all the travel necessities. I’ve only had to turn my undies inside out once.

All of us arriving at the castle (Berg Ehrenberg) we stayed in for 4 nights. If you follow the link to Wiki, it will talk a bit about the castle’s history. You may need to right click for the English translation.

Meal time is always an event. Pleasing 5 mouths plus the wallet is sometimes difficult. We’re probably around 60/40 in favor of thumbs up in this regard. I enjoyed food in Germany, the others not so much. We try to hit restaurants that offer authentic food to the region, but sometimes wuss out and get a burger. I will not admit to eating at McDonald’s.

Alex pushed for a visit to the Technik Museum in Sinsheim. Click the link to check it out! It was a huge hit, especially for him. I was very impressed. Airplanes, cars, motorcycles, war vehicles, you name it, it was there. An amazing collection of all things transportation. I can’t imagine a better one exists!

Alex is a WW2 buff. There is a huge collection of military equipment from that time period here. Here Alex is acting as our tour guide. Sorry for the occasional blurry photo. Sawyer is particularly difficult to catch still…he’s always on the move, even while standing in one place.

This little car is described as the smallest sports car in the world. Sawyer sized. A 1960 Goggo Coupe 250.

A steam powered generator!

Dozens of planes, several of which you could walk through.

An Air France Concord passenger jet, remember those?

Zach walking through the Concord.

Zach isn’t too sure of this. It was labelled on the menu as ravioli. I thought it was delicious. Pretty sure it was pasta twisted up and stuffed with sausage & spinach.