Saturday was a beautiful day for a ball game! Ty played with the Redwings 18U team in Mainz, Germany. Their complex was really nice – full concession stand with a bar, nice toilets, covered bleachers. The nicest we have seen in Germany so far. Ty caught a couple fly balls to Center Field, and hit a bomb double to deep left field. MTR victory 11:7!
Saturday night we caught the bus to Bad Soden and met up with some friends to check out an Irish Festival. There was a Greek restaurant, Thessaloniki, across the street from the park that had outdoor seating and was close enough to hear the music. We grabbed a table and had a delicious meal with lots of laughter. It was a great time.
Sunday was hike day. We decided to head towards the Schlosshotel Rettershof, which translates to Castle Hotel. We see the signs to it whenever we drive to the school and always say “we should check that out.” Today was the day. I’ve photo dumped a lot of pictures from the hike – there were lots of times when I stopped and thought, gosh, that’s cool. Sharing it all with you. 🙂
Everyone (except Kaycee) spied this little deer in the woods.
Ty and his friend, Gary, found this old building last week. Is it a bomb shelter? A mine entrance? A well? Or something else?
Here’s a snapshot taken through the little window.
We saw quite a few people riding horses on the trails today. And dodged lots of piles of horse poop.
This made me smile.
We found where all the horses were coming from. While this is no longer the entrance to the property, it still makes a statement.
This is a horse hauler. The building behind it is a barn……
Which is cooler? The entryway? The old statues? Or Lily?
We found the Schlosshotel, which was supposed to be our lunch stop. Unfortunately they do not have a chef on Sundays. Ty about lost his mind because he was STARVING, but at least they had cake and Coke. The inside of the hotel was beautiful, but it was strange that there was nobody there except for a few staff.
Another building at the horse farm.
For real. This is the stable. Lily wants me to find out the scoop on doing lessons in the summer.
The not only have horses. They also have giant peacocks. Fun fact. Peacocks don’t seem to like chickens.
Roof art.
And then we saw the magic words. “Cafe – Restaurant – Biergarten”.
A cute little oasis, Zum Fröhlichen Landmann – to the happy countryman – filled all of our bellies with a yummy lunch before heading back towards home.
Lots of great trails around the cafe.
A stretch of the trails had these awesome hand painted signs, I assume saying the names of plants and animals that we might see in the area. Thought of Uncle Mark when I saw this one.
I am really not a great photographer. As we came out of the woods, there was a large open pasture and the only structures you could see were two iconic Königstein buildings. The castle on the hill, and the private residence that looks like a castle on the left. It was gorgeous.
Little yellow wildflowers and a very happy dog
While this was a LONG hike, there wasn’t much elevation change, and it was full of fun little surprises. I give it 4 stars.