For the past three days we have been relaxing in a little village by the name of Unsleben. Laryssa came across this place when she was looking for a place for us to chill in an historical setting - and she did extremely well! We've been staying in a 4 bedroom home that used to accomodate the hunter and his family, living in the shadow of Wasserschloss - the local castle which dates from around 1150AD!
The scenery here is just beautiful but there's been no pressure to get out and do the tourist thing, so we've simply enjoyed walking around the village and imbibing the history...a very timely break from being tourists.
The village has a population of around 900 people so they don't see too many tourists. That said, the local shop keepers have been lovely, putting up with my poorly pronounced German apologies and helping us to find what we were after. Must say, we had some of the most delicious kassler chops from the local butcher this evening - definitely worth the trip!
We're off to Neuendettelsau tomorrow and will be without wifi for the next week. Updates will be a little slow as we will be relying on 3G and trying to preserve our declining credit for Christmas Day Sype calls!
We can't believe our time in Europe is coming to an end but have been enjoying the opportunity to reflect on the last 5 weeks of shared experiences and life long memories that we've been forging together - and giving thanks for this great privilege that we are enjoying.
Here's some snapshots of our current 'home'
The scenery here is just beautiful but there's been no pressure to get out and do the tourist thing, so we've simply enjoyed walking around the village and imbibing the history...a very timely break from being tourists.
The village has a population of around 900 people so they don't see too many tourists. That said, the local shop keepers have been lovely, putting up with my poorly pronounced German apologies and helping us to find what we were after. Must say, we had some of the most delicious kassler chops from the local butcher this evening - definitely worth the trip!
We're off to Neuendettelsau tomorrow and will be without wifi for the next week. Updates will be a little slow as we will be relying on 3G and trying to preserve our declining credit for Christmas Day Sype calls!
We can't believe our time in Europe is coming to an end but have been enjoying the opportunity to reflect on the last 5 weeks of shared experiences and life long memories that we've been forging together - and giving thanks for this great privilege that we are enjoying.
Here's some snapshots of our current 'home'
The moat around the castle is completely frozen - Darcee has been skipping rocks and whatever else she can find across the surface
The hunter's cottage we are staying in (at 49 euros a night, it's a bargain!)
Great food, good wine (a Wolf Blass Shiraz I found at the local Aldi!) and wonderful company
The view up our street
A very ancient village
More snaps of the castle
Our home for the past 3 nights - inside the cottage has low ceiling and very low beams that I have to duck under. This morning I walked straight through one of the door ways and forgot to duck - OUCH! Nearly knocked myself out...a bit of blood and a nice egg growing on my head now!
While our dear family and friends are sweltering in Australia, the ice on the pond at our back door is about an inch thick
Throughout France and Germany you find these crucifixes all through the country side - this one is at the end of our street and would've once welcomed people into the village
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