March 25, 2016 - Steinau Castle - Gelnhausen - Grimm Brothers' House

Our first outing in Germany was to the village of Steinau where we toured the Steinau Castle.

As you can see, the day was a bit rainy.
Left to Right: Kerali, Owen, Garth, Brian and Kalen.

I was attracted by the thick walls that surrounded the castle and the beauty and cleanliness of it all.

Walking in the castle courtyard

We walked into the small village of Steinau that is right adjacent to the castle and were attracted by this fountain.

We ate our lunch at a quaint hotel/ restaurant called, Burgmannenhaus. At first we were the only ones there but before we had finished 3 more couples had come.

  Kerali, Brian, Owen, Kalen and Garth

Wow! With my touchy stomach (due to the antibiotic I was taking)  that looks like a lot for Garth to eat.

               A front view of the hotel/restaurant

Another thing of interest in this little village was the home where the Brothers Grimm lived.

This is the house they lived in and some of the rooms inside were turned into a museum of their writings.  Although they are most famous for their children's stories, they were also involved in research, university teaching and politics of the day.














      This is another view of the house














Kerali, Kalen, me (Janice)  & Owen sitting between busts of the two famous authors.











After visiting  some of the rooms in the castle including a huge dining room and kitchen that contained all kinds of utensils, etc. that would have been used at that time, we were asked if we would like to climb the tower that you see at the right.

We entered door in the smaller round tower then went into the square tower that comprised floor after floor after floor connected by stairs.

About half way up, I had to pause for a rest so had Garth take a picture of me to show that I had actually done this while still not feeling as good as I would have liked to.












Since there were no windows on any of the floors, this is the proof that I actually made it to the top.

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Garth, Kerali, Owen, Kalen and Brian at the top of the tower.

Owen was counting and said there were 180 steps.

Fortunately, going down was a lot easier than going up

A view of the village of Steinau from the tower.

On our way home, Kerali saw a beautiful old church off to the right.  Brian took the next exit and after some driving in and out of narrow streets of the village of Gelnhausen- a very picturesque village built on the hillside- we found a place and were able to park and walk up to the church.