Day 10 in Deutschland – Castles & Chocolate (Eysölden, GE)

On Sunday we were invited over to Richard & Gertraud’s house for another fine home-cooked meal.  Richard is Stilla’s oldest brother.

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Another great meal 🙂  Thanks Richard & Gertraud!  And thanks also to their daughter Tanja for the awesome dessert too!

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In the afternoon, we convoyed in two cars over to the small town of Eysölden.

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There was a Christmas market and event at the old town’s Schloß (castle).  Click HERE for a link to learn more about this castle built in the early 1100’s.

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Upstairs, after navigating the old narrow and creaky wooden stairs, we found a number of craft stands and booths with their wares on display:

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We met up with Wolfgang and Hildegard who were taking part in the craft market.  Hildegard had lots of sheeps-wool related items for sale.

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Hildegard (Wolfgang in background) with woolen hand-made items on display.

Nice view through one of the castle tower windows of the town kirche (church) down the street.

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In the courtyard, children sang traditional christmas carols.  A couple stands sold food and drinks in the yard.

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The castle also has a small wirtschaft (restaurant/bar) but there was limited seating, so we drove back towards Sindersdorf and stopped at the autobahn rest-area.  Here we went into the Schocolat® confiserie (confectionery) and café for coffee and cake.  This place had just opened when we last visited in 2013… it seems to still be going strong and was really crowded.

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Everything in this place is made of chocolate.  They also have a large viewing window to watch the treats being made.

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Anyone have a sweet tooth?  You can sure spend some money here:

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Have you ever tried a chocolate pizza?  Me either… we just bought a few small items after we enjoyed some coffee and kuchen (cake) in the adjoining café.

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When we got back to the house, William & Jasmin had bought and decorated their Christmas tree.  Nice 🙂

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In other news – one of our daughters in Colorado Springs sent us a picture (below) of the weather there.  Brrrrr 🙁   At least our weather here in Germany has been free of snow and ice so far.  Its just been cold, gray, and damp so far… hopefully our luck holds out.

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Stay tuned for more German adventure… Bis bald (until later)…