Stolberg

We made a stop here on the way home. This village/town (I'm not sure of the nomenclature and too lazy to look it up) was recently voted Germany's most charming. Apparently this led to an uptick in tourism. It's a very attractive place, having all the things one is looking for in a village like this: half timbered house, nice environment, a schloss.

So we parked on the outskirts, walked around. We stopped for coffee and cake but the selection was the best and for the price, was meh. Only Italian coffee and very limited cakes. We walked up to the church but it was closed.

There is a tie with Martin Luther here. In 1525 he visited a friend here, and used to go up into the hills and sit under a beech tree. We didn't walk up, because honestly I forgot the story until we were walking back from the schloss, and we were both pretty tired.

Also included: another sign about windmills, and some road signs. I liked them because they reminded of the ones from Hogan's Heroes.Weiterlesen