After our tour of Cologne, we set off toward Andernach where we would be dropped off at Bonn and from there, we were bussed to Marksburg Castle, about an hour and a half from the Ruby.
The trip there was through some very scenic countryside with great examples of typical German countryside.
Marksburg Castle is the one castle that was totally undamaged over the years and well preserved. It was built in the 13th century and serves today as a beautiful monument to the past.
The bus could not make it all the way to the mountaintop location of the castle because of the steep hairpin curves, so some people walked the final 100 yards up a steep cobblestone path while MY Jane and I took a small van.
Once inside the castle, steps that had been carved into the slate rock, led us up to the castle proper where we saw canons of various sizes as well as displays of suits of armour and weapons used as far back as the 1200’s.
After our tour, we were seated in a huge dining hall and served an assortment of delicious food and drink.
After an enjoyable meal, during which there was lively conversation all around, I was selected out of the audience to participate in a humourours skit with the court jester wherein I was crowned King of Canada a couple of other audience members acted as a Tower and Rapunzel.
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