The last day Opa & Oma were here, we took them to Burg Frankenstein which is only about an hour and fifteen minutes from our house.
It was raining, but as the German's say,
"There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad preparation."
We got our umbrellas & hiked up to the castle from the parking lot. Unfortunately, they were doing their haunted house until the 10th of November so the castle was shut down for the day (but opening at night to scare people). We were a little sad that this was our SECOND castle that was closed due to Haunted Houses, but at least we got to see it from the outside. We are definitely planning a trip back up there to take a tour. It's a cool looking castle from the outside. I would love to hear the tales of how Mary Shelly got her inspiration for her book from this area.
After Burg Frankenstein, we hopped over to a small village called Herxheim. Really there's nothing of note there for most people, but for our family, Herxheim is important. Trek & his mom love doing geneaology. Oma's grandfather immigrated from Germany & this is where the Kinsfather family line originated. This is where they are from. We promised Oma we'd take here here to see where her grandfather's family grew up. It was such a sweet little village. I'm glad we were able to take her there.
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