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A Castle, A Vineyard & A Familiar Face

July 1-3

Eltz Castle

The weekend before our stuff arrived we were getting antsy waiting and decided to do some exploring. We loaded up and headed to see our first castle - Eltz. We might have gone about this all wrong because Rick Steve's had a lot of hype about the tour of Eltz saying it's the best in Germany, so we'll see if the other castle tours pale in comparison.  We had a bit of a walk from the parking lot, but the scenery was beautiful and after driving through the winding roads in the countryside for a couple of hours, we enjoyed the chance to stretch our legs out. I lost count of how many other castle ruins we saw a long the way, may have to go back and do some exploring. All in all it was pretty cool. The tour showed a few of the rooms which were decorated with original furniture and I appreciated Rick Steve's input from the Germany guidebook so I knew of some things to look for that they don't mention in the tour.
Walkway to Eltz

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful in the whole country?"
Claire's 1st Castle
Through the forest to Eltz

Sisters
Izzy trying to enter a forbidden chamber

Courtyard

Interior courtyard of Eltz

Men were smaller back then, apparently they've evolved ;)

View from the bridge

 After our tour, we headed to a town near Wiesbaden where Aaron's friend Steve, from Utah, had moved a couple months prior. He lives in a beautiful house on a vineyard and had invited us to stay for the weekend.  It was a beautiful village. These are some pictures I took on my run near his house one morning:



Izzy was excited to play with Steve's cute daughter Zoie, who is the same age. We hit some delicious restaurants that weekend which Steve had picked out for us.
Izzy and Zoie
Steve's house

Saturday morning we went to Eberbach Abbey nearby which dates back to around 1100 A.D. and was a monastery for a long time.
Eberbach Abbey
Courtyard

One of the huge wine presses

Wine presses for the grapes from the monastery's vineyards

Wine storage, monks were allotted so much per day

Gardens with Izzy, Zoie, Claire and I

My love and I

It was fun to take a break from all the shuffling and processing we've had to do and just have a weekend to play tourists since we're still waiting to get settled in. Aaron was excited to see a familiar face and get a chance to catch up with Steve. Now it's back to reality and the daily grind.
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