Cochem Castle

Trip Start Jun 03, 2008
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Trip End Aug 15, 2008


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Flag of Germany  , Rhineland-Palatinate,
Saturday, July 26, 2008

Tonight, Kevin and I went to the Reichsburg Castle for a Medieval Dinner and Tour. The Reichsburg Castle is in the Mosel Valley in the little town of Cochem. This castle's history dates back to 1000 A.D. and local legend claims it to be the castle of Sleeping Beauty. We stopped and along the way to take some gorgeous pictures of the Mosel Valley and of the castle. We also had some free time to spend in the town of Cochem. This little town is exactly what you would picture a little German town to look like. And of course, right when are about to head up the hill to the castle. It starts to pour down rain. Did we bring our umbrellas you ask? Ha ha of course not! So we hiked up the hill in a thunder storm and were completely drenched. After our tour of the castle. We went into the Knights Hall for a medieval style dinner. Dinner started out with vegetables with dip. Then rye bread with bacon lard. We also had beef soup w/peas and a turkey leg for the main course. There were grapes and cheese for dessert, as well as wine and schnapps. The best part about the whole meal was the fact that there were no napkins or silverware. You had to eat with your hands, which made the soup interesting to eat, and the servants came around with buckets of water to wash your hands in. Of course the problem with that was that everyone before you had also washed there hands in it. There was a lord and lady of the castle and at the end were the Knight Games in which two men competed for the lady of the house and to be knighted. This was on of the best times we have had so far with the exception of the lady next to me spilling her wine all over Kevin and I. Tomorrow we are heading to the Black Forest with Mike. Can't wait for Kevin to try some Black Forest cake!
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