Day 9

Day 9
I’m sitting here drinking my glass of wine and enjoying the feel of the castle. Cliff and I had to get up early this morning for breakfast with the baron, his wife and fellow castle guests. We got up early and explored our quarters and common room a little bit. Downstairs is a full suit of armor, bear skin rug, internet, TV, radio, and a place just to chill. It’s kind of nice. We went to eat breakfast with the baron and his wife and their dining room is just amazing. Let me break for a moment and talk about Moritz. Moritz is their dog and he’s a loud dog but super friendly. You pet him behind the ears and I think you have a friend for life. I do believe that a child could put a saddle on him and ride him as a horse. He sat beside me and his head was up to my chest. Big, but friendly, dog. Cliff and I were afraid to sit down in the chairs. I swear to god this entire castle is done in antiques and they’re used every day. I’m so afraid that I’m going to break something y’know? But breakfast was water for me, seeing as that’s all I can drink at the moment, grapes, pineapple (ew), fresh rolls (yummy!) and scrambled eggs with spices and tomatoes. The two other couples that are here are really nice. One couple is from CT and the other is from FL. We had a lovely breakfast and the baron talked to us and told us some of the places to go that were rather inexpensive to eat and that tourists hadn’t found yet.
I do believe that our getting lost is going to be infamous around here. We were told that we need to make sure we have the right Sommersdorf plugged into the GPS and that the castle gates close at 7 and don’t let anybody else in. lol But we had a nice breakfast. After breakfast, we walked down to the town. It was about 50 F and windy (cold right?) but they said it’s still warm and would be getting colder in the next few days. I’m gunna die. I swear. I’m gonna D-I-E. After walking through town, we went to Ansbach. Ansbach is about 15 minutes away from where we’re staying and has a nice market square. We went to a couple of churches and a palace. The palace wasn’t all that, but it was a nice little walk through. You could get a guided tour, but we really weren’t up for the guided tour. I think we’ve had just about enough of guided tours. The churches we went through were the two Catholic churches in town. The façade of one couldn’t decide if it wanted to be Gothic, Renaissance, or Louis XIV. Going inside, it was a bit of all three, but it actually worked well together. The other church we went inside was gothic on the outside and rather plain on the inside. It was still a gothic church, but just lacked the grandeur on the inside.
After Ansbach, we went to the town right outside Sommersdorf and went to the grocery store. I always forget about the European grocery. You have to bring your own bag or pay for a bag (makes sense to me), they’re rather small (guess I’ve been shopping at Publix too long), and for certain things (meat, cheese, bread) you really have to go to a specialized store to get the good stuff. But we’re only here a few days so I think we have enough to get us by. We’re back at the castle and I think we’re going to stay here for the rest of the night. I’m freezing my happy little Florida butt off so I’m going to pour myself another glass of wine and curl up in a blanket and read my e-books. Tomorrow we’re going to Neuschwanstein castle. Everybody knows this castle even if you don’t think you know it, thanks to Disney. It’s the castle Cinderella’s castle at Disney World is based on. So I’m going to get warm, maybe turn up the radiator (I MISS MY ELECTRIC BLANKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and get my fuzzy blanket.
Cheers!
Me