On our drive down to Bavaria, we toured the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar. The ore mine was closed in1988 but had been in use for over 1000 years! As Andrew likes to point out, older than my country! Glueckauf!
The beautiful city of Goslar is known for being home of the once traveling Kaiserpfalz and for its well maintained exposed timbered homes Fachwerkhaeuser For centuries it was the favored seat of government in northern Germany. In the term Kaiserpfalz, the pfalz part means the seat of the Kaiser, or ruler. The street scenes seemed to be from the middle ages (minus sewage in the streets) but Declan mostly wanted to know why the roads were all "broken" ie cobble stone.
The next day we visited our first ruins...Reichsburg in Kyffhausen. Friedrich I. Barbarossa (1152-1190) ruled during its completion. It had the deepest castle well in the world! (176 meters)
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| Declan shooting arrows at attackers, Serena just wanted to rest and Emma just wanted to catch frogs. Has "Castle Fatigue" arrived already? |
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