This was the coolest thing we saw, so far

M's father has given us a list of places to see, all on tiny notepaper. On one piece, he said that Lichenstein castle was his favourite castle, as a kid. The day before we saw that tiny note, as we were getting to our current hotel, we went around this corner on the hill and all of a sudden, I said

OH WOW, look at that!!!

In such a manner as M, driving the car, almost went off a slightly steep cliff.

Then we realized it was Lichenstein castle, and yesterday, fighting the sun going down, we returned.

Let me just say that this was WAY cool. It is precariously perched on the steepest of cliffs. Unfortunately, it was getting too dark when I took my pictures, so the pic on the left is downloaded from the web. There was a moat, and a black and white guard cat. There were drawbridges, and the most awe-inspiring views of the town below that you can imagine. You are as high as you could possibly imagine being, and you can see forever.

Now imagine how they could possibly have built that? It's just so difficult to describe it adequately.

The pictures show just the tiniest piece of the castle. Sure, some of it is in ruins, but not all of it...they are trying to restore it, bit by bit. But I liked it. A lot. It wasn't tourist-hell, and it was interesting and fascinating, and just so very neat.

Lichenstein Castle. Amazing!