Herr Haifisch's Day Take One

Today was the day Herr Haifisch planned. We were going to hike all around the castle, maybe to the next town, have lunch, and hike some more. Well, it didn't work out that way.

After our late night ghost adventure, we slept a little later. Not that that was a problem late for us is seven o'clock. Breakfast, then straightening up the room, then off to hike. Except we really never found the right trail. Or at least, we didn't find the one we wanted to find, as per the maps.

So we just walked around, in the rain for a while. Finally, I said, "Look, I don't want to push in the day you planned, so if you just want to keep walking around, that's fine...."

He seemed really glad to have other suggestions, then didn't like the one I made, "Let's go to Wurzburg."

We just went back to the castle, and I think he remembered all of my speeches over the years on vacations, "TIME IS MONEY, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING." We compromised, and decided to go to Ansbach.

Why he agreed to that, I have no idea. It was closer than Wurzburg, and he really wasn't enjoying driving, so maybe that was it. Having a rental car is bad enough, having it in a foreign country-- he wasn't a fan. Not to mention the roads are really narrow, and Germans drive really fast, really close, and really aggressively. At least they do here.

So here's the hike... One good thing, we got to walk on two pilgrimage trails at once, so that was efficient.Read more