DAY FOUR - Germany ABD Trip Report June 21-29, 2013

[JacksGirlz]

DAY FOUR

We woke at 7:40am today and had breakfast in the same restaurant we had dinner in last night. It was a buffet similar to the one at the hotel in Heidelberg. We met up with Kim for the ferry ride on Lake Edersee at 9:45am. Those who wanted to do the bike ride had left earlier in the morning. There were 3 younger girls and 2 other parents who went with us on the ferry. We took the bus to the ferry stop.

Here is DD and our guide, Kim, near the ferry stop.

You can see Schloss Waldeck behind us here.

The ferry ride was about 1hr 15min long until we met up with the rest of the group, then another 10min until we got off for lunch at Restaurant Strandhaus right on the shore of the lake. It had been raining off and on towards the end of the ferry ride so we started off inside the restaurant. The sun came out as we were serving ourselves so we ended up eating lunch outside. Lunch was a buffet with different types of salad (potato, sauerkraut), baked potatoes, bratwurst, BBQ chicken plus the usual chicken nuggets and french fries.

After lunch we took the bus to the base of the castle where there were two archery targets and instructors set up in a park area. We each got 3 practice shots. Then we lined up for the competition round  1 shot each to determine the winner. There was time afterward for those who wanted to take additional shots. Everyone was a winner as we all got ice cream afterwards.

Those adults who wanted met back in the castle for a beer tasting. Since I am not a fan of beer I offered to take three sisters with us to walk into the town so their parents could enjoy the beer tasting. We stopped at the market for&you guessed it&more water for me&Haribo gummies for DD.

At 4pm there was an option for a short hike and then an aerial tram ride back up to the castle. Eliana and I were tired from the hike into town (up hill, down hill, up, down, up to the castle again!) so we opted to stay in. As I mentioned in a previous post I am not a fan of heights so the aerial tram did not appeal to me either. DD and I rested in the hotel and then took a walk around the castle to get some more pictures.

Dinner was on our own tonight but DD and I were still full from lunch so we opted not to eat dinner. We enjoyed the beautiful views from our hotel room one last time before heading to bed.

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[Sarabi's Cubs]

Keep 'em coming! I love this report even more with each entry and now I really can't wait to go. Plus, my husband is a very picky eater and was very nervous he wouldn't find food he was comfortable with. Your descriptions of the food options is a big relief.

Laurie

 

[sayhello]

Very cool! I love how you allow yourself to relax & do the alternate activities or just hang at the hotel. A lot of people feel like they *have* to just go, go, go!

Is that your bear, or was it a room decoration?

Sayhello

 

[JacksGirlz]

Very cool! I love how you allow yourself to relax & do the alternate activities or just hang at the hotel. A lot of people feel like they *have* to just go, go, go!

Is that your bear, or was it a room decoration?

Sayhello

I try to always remember that this is a vacation so if we're too exhausted we won't have fun and just end up cranky.

The bear is DD's Duffy bear dressed up in his German costume they sell at Epcot. In the room there was this little display box but there was nothing on display so we put Duffy in there just to be silly.

 

[nycdisneygal]

love your report so far!!

 

[sayhello]

I try to always remember that this is a vacation so if we're too exhausted we won't have fun and just end up cranky.

The bear is DD's Duffy bear dressed up in his German costume they sell at Epcot. In the room there was this little display box but there was nothing on display so we put Duffy in there just to be silly.

Sayhello