Haut Koenigsburg

Gabriel and Emmanuelle treated us to a special day out this past Wednesday - we took a little road trip to Haut Koenigsburg - the tallest castle in Alsace. Now, I am not even going to attempt a history lesson. In fact, this is going to be a mostly picturesque post. If you are interested in learning about the 8 centuries-worth of history of the castle, you can get a pretty good idea of it here: http://www.haut-koenigsbourg.fr/en (in English, to boot!)

Ah! Bon! Per our hosts' request, we park the car at the bottom of the hill and trek up a windy, somewhat treacherous route to the castle by foot. Don't my companions have lovely backsides?

View from the (almost) top.











I was quite relieved to reach a real path with a real railing.










Entrance to the castle.











My favorite: Alsace's oldest wine cask, from 1670. Where's my glass?











The Imperial Room where lots of real, real important stuff happened.







Official seals from real, real important people.











Fancy, old furniture. This one's for you, Babyface.










Old & dangerous weapons, cooooool.










Fancy furnace - on the right side is a built-in heated seat. But we weren't allowed to touch anything, so that just seems like a big tease to me.


















































(Feel free to compliment O on his picture-taking abilities - he took all of these.)
































Don't shoot!
















View from the top.

...and that's all for now! We're fast-approaching Christmas, so hopefully we'll have a Holly Jolly post some time soon. Thanks for reading, we miss you guys!