Burg Eltz and Burg Thurant

Jon was off work Friday for the holiday weekend so we decided to take a day trip down to see Burg Eltz. This medieval castle is about an hour away, located between Koblenz and Trier, Germany and was built in the 12th century. Burg Eltz is surrounded by hills and an incredible landscape with a river running below it. It is a beautiful castle and I am so glad we took the day to see it. But boy, the hike was a little exhausting, especially on the way back up. It was practically straight up hill!

Inside the castle walls.

Of course we had to get a shot with Jon and a tiny door!

The weather was beautiful when we arrived, but as soon as we finished visiting the castle a huge thunderstorm moved in right over our heads and we had to hall it back to the car. I thought I was going to have a heart attack running up the hill, but luckily we out ran the storm! Right when we reached the car it started raining.

From Burg Eltz we drove about twenty minutes to another town across the river and visited Burg Thurant. This castle is also a medievel castle built in the 12th-13th century. Jon said this castle is by far his favorite in Germany.

One of the things he thought was so cool is that they have holiday rooms for rent and he is set on renting a room at Burg Thurant when my parents come to visit. Here are some pics from the castle.

The view from the castle.
There are vineyards below the castle.

Inside the castle walls.

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The rest of the weekend was rather eventful. Saturday we went to the Zoo and Sunday we went to the Stadel Art Museum in Frankfurt. I will post pictures from the rest of our weekend tomorrow.

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend!

Happy Monday!