Eberstein

So it is time for some work up at the castle! So Felix, Uschi, and I (plus the two dogs at our feet) piled into the Mercedes Sprinter Van and headed up to Eberstein. We decided to go and visit Gisi on the way up for coffee and cake which was really nice. We stopped for a few hours in Marburg and enjoyed good conversation, coffee, plum cake, and sifting through photo albums. As the sun was setting we continued on to the castle. We arrived a little after 9 pm and Felix used my cell phone as a flash light to navigate his way through the back of the castle to the front door to let us in. After a delicious dinner I fell asleep quite quickly after an exhausting 8 Hrs in the car. The next five days were filled with odd jobs around the castle which included sheet rocking the courtyard entry hallway, sheet rocking the stairway leading to the second floor, cutting firewood, removing trees and debris from the moat, cutting the grass, trimming the hedges, and general maintenance around the property. The weather was terrible for the first four days.....it rained for most of the day and night....but as Felix said "It is a good thing it is raining...we might actually get something done inside instead of plonking around in the garden." We were lucky enough to be in the Harz during the Stag's mating season which was truly phenomenal. You can't imagine the sounds that these deers would emit. It was a cross between a lion roaring and a goat dying.