Eltz Castle

So the Tuesday right after we got back from Berlin we all signed up to go on a day trip to a famous castle about an hour away from here. This tour was with a large group of Clemson University students from south Carolina. They were all engineers who are studying in Germany for 5 weeks. They were quite an interesting group!

We left Trier and rode the Train for an hour and 15 minutes and got off in a very tiny “Abbyville” sized town called Moselkern. From here it was one of the most beautiful and wonderful hour and a half hike ever. It was a dirt path and the last half of it was steep and rocky, it reminded me of a Colorado hike. It was beautiful and then all of a sudden this gigantic castle appeared in an opening!

Eltz Castle was built in the early 11^th century and was named after the family who owned it and lived there. Today they still own the castle (they don’t live there any more) It has been in the Eltz family for 33 generations.

We got to wander all around and look, even climbed this terribly steep road to a look out about the castle level to take pictures. We were also given a tour inside. It showed different rooms and what they looked like back in the days it was built. Surprisingly enough most of the construction is all original. There were HUGE natural timbers that were used in the ceilings that are still the original ones.

We got to see a lot of knight armor since the first couple generations were knights, and lots of swards and cannons. There was something about one of the generations worked for someone who sold and built cannons so they had Tons of little and medium sized ones on display for people to look at and then choose which one they would like to buy. Dad would have loved to see all these.

On the way back down from the castle we stopped at a little place to have a drink and some dessert. I was super excited to find they had Bee sting. Just like Carolyn Makes at the restaurant! Except hers is MUCH better!! J this bee sting was less sweet and the filling was more of a cream than a pudding, but there was the topping just like Carolyn does! I was excited to find it and try it!