A trip to a German castle is like stepping back in time when Kings, Princes and Emperors ruled the land. No trip to Germany is complete without visiting at least one of the many majestic castles!
We spent a day at Schlossburg (literally meaning "Castle Castle"), located in Solingen. It was built in the early 12th century but by 1849 had become little more than a ruin.
About 40 years later an architect reconstructed it and is a major tourist attraction today. We were lucky enough to be able to have most of it to ourselves, being a cold weekday there werent too many people around!
It was pretty big, with lots of rooms to explore inside - including an old-style pharmacy which was interesting to see how they manufactured medicine back in the days. Of course Geoff found the Waffle House sign almost immediately so we warmed up in there with some coffee and waffles :-)
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