My sister Caitlin arrived in Germany this last Monday, July 11th. Tues we went swimming, Wed. we went to the movies. It was raining, so our castle trip was postponed. Today we went to France! we went to Ft Schoenenbourg on the Maginot Line. it is a bunker deep in the ground (135 steps to be exact) used by the French as a barrier to the German's during WWI-WWII. we walked 1 km down to one end of the bunker, then back again. we saw bombs, beds, war offices, an operating room, the kitchen, and lots of other COOL stuff. I took pictures.
We then went to Le Fleckenstein castle. It was Caiti's first castle! I believe I've wet her appetite for the beauty and wonder of castle ruins. This castle looked like it was actually carved out of the rock itself. The Willson family went with us to the castle. Ann Willson and I were standing on the ground at one end of the ruins and looked up. We both had the same reaction, "AAAhhh the castle is falling on me!" the way the clouds were moving gave the illusion that the castle was moving. I was surprised at how big this castle was. It was hard for me to tell untill we got close up. Interesting things we saw: a massive slug on the road. I had Caiti take a picture of it for me. Mia asked if she could pick it up and move it. Sure....why not? She then proceeded to pick it up and throw it to the side of the road! If the cars won't get it, my daughter will. There was a water wheel. It reminded me of the scene in Pirates where Jack, and Will are fighting for the chest on the water wheel while it is moving. There were helmets for the kids to try on, and a "secret passage way".
After a year of being around Germans it was weird hearing French.
This week has also been frustrating. we've been finalizing our "trips" with Caiti. We finally (with the help of Crystallynn. Thanks Girl!) able to get our plane tickets to Sardinia Italy. Everything was riding on that trip, so naturally the hotel rooms were more expensive last minute in Paris and at Garmisch. I will say this......each 2 night stays in Paris and Garmisch are more expensive that our 1 week stay at a rented house in Sardinia. Go figure! We love you Caiti!
Busy schedule the next 4 weeks. I hope I can keep up. right now I'm sooooo tired. good thing we have 2-3 days in between trips for recovery. Goodnight all! Seeing how it's wwwaayy past my bedtime, I'll leave you to it.
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