The Castle Gardens

None of this is in order, by the way. I just put the churches all in a row, and am adding in other things we saw thematically, rather than chronologically.

The weather brightened up. Sun came out. It got warmer. We had something to eat (more on this later), and wandered in the area by the Kaiserburg. There were gardens along the side, some having belonged to the castle, the other I'm not sure about. Very nice. A lot of flowers and greenery. I can see a benefit of traveling this time of year, or earlier in the summer, versus winter as had been our plan: seeing these gardens in bloom.

Also, at the end, a very exciting picture of black squirrel, straight from Mirkwood.Read more