Marksburg Castle

Right on time we headed to the buses for the ride through town and up the hill to the Marksburg Castle. After all this is Germany. These are freeway worthy bus driving were there wasn't enough room for a pair of Volkswagen to pass. The Mercedes buses were so intimidating that everyone got out of our way.

It turns out that we didn't take the cable car up to the castle above Koblenz because it is just a shell and not a real castle. Marksburg is a real castle. So much so that a family still lives there. Importantly it was never captured or destroyed.

The last little climb to Marksburg castle was on foot and steep. It would been preferable to be a knight and have ridden up. They don't know when the castle was built but the first time it was sold was in 1283. If anyone is keeping track, that was even before I was born.

There were a few things of interest that we learned or saw along the way. The people were short but the bed was even shorter as folks slept sitting up. Laying prone was associated with death so they didn't do it. The toilet was a in a cantilevered room off the dining room. They wouldn't even close the door as you were expected to participate in the conversation even as you took care of business. I hope the cantilever part is self explanatory.