Lower Saxony

They say laughter is the best medicine and we've had our fair share today 🤣

A rainy day today and Monday started with a trip to the doctors to get Guy checked out. Good news is no pneumonia but a crackley chest so I managed to get some steroids for him, she said they do not give them out lightly and I said I only needed 3 tablets and she gave me 20 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️😅

Guy woke this morning to come down stairs to some very cute decorations Helen and her family had set up 🥰 We celebrated with some chocolate cake and candles 😋 also playing lots of games throughout the day, many laughs had.

After doing some packing we set off for a visit to Bentheim Castle 🏰 this was a very cool experience.
The castle dates back to 1050 and features one of the earliest depictions of Christ back in year 1000 (pictured).
We visited many parts of the castle with dungeons 30 metres deep that we threw a coin into, saw natural water wells up to 23 meters deep. Prison cells and many more. When we arrived it was teaming with rain but by the time we left the sun shone for some good photos 🥰

After our visit to the castle when went for dinner on the lake. Such a beautiful setting. We were lucky to get menus in English this helped alot 🤣
Dinner was absolutely delicious I had beef tenderloin done in a mushroom sauce with homemade hash browns and Creme Brule for dessert 😋 Guy was surprised with a special birthday dessert 🍰

Helen's dad had brought along his remote control boat to use in the lake after dinner. All was going well until Guy got it stuck on the rope about 5 metres from the edge 🤦‍♀️ we didn't know how to get it back without someone going for a swim! And to make it worse the restaurant had big glass windows so we had a huge audience watching our scene 🤣🙈
We found a very long branch but poor Raimund ended up having to walk into the lake at least 3 metres to get the branch to reach, he ended up very wet! The laughs we had knowing that the whole restaurant was watching 😅

Over the past 2 days I have had two locals ask why we would want to holiday in this area lol. I guess it's a bit like us asking why do you visit stratford 😅 But Salzbergen and surrounding areas have not disappointed. I am in love with the gorgeous towns we have visited and the activities we have done, I feel very lucky to have been thrown into the local culture in this beautiful area. Germany 🇩🇪 part one has not disappointed!

Our time with the Helen and her family has come to an end as we have to say goodbye in the morning, but Helen, Malte, Petra and Raimund have made us so welcome in their home and gone above and beyond to make sure we have a wonderful time and are looked after 🥰 we cannot thank them enough 😘Läs mer