Juliacentralicious

An Accidental Adventure: Mühltal

OK, so I thought I'd be clever and go visit the Frankenstein Castle on my own. There are sources on getting to it from the train station, and hey, I can walk. So I get off in Mühltal. I walk down to the town, and there's nothing. Can't even find any signs, except for the closet approximation: Frankenhausen. Well, it sounds about right, doesn't it? It was about 7 km away, so I reshouldered my bag and set off.

The path went through the town. Through huge fields, some of which I laid around in for awhile; deep gorgeous forest, some of which I laid around in for awhile. More fields, me feeling like I was lost and climbing onto bales of hay to get my bearings, climbing strange watchtower-like structures they've got all over the place.

Finally, I get to my destination-- except that, it turns out, Frankenhausen is a town. Definitely not the castle. Yeah, you can laugh if you saw that coming. And, of course, it's a town without a train station. So I had to walk all 7 km back to make sure I'd get home all right.

Oh, well. It was a very tiring, but certainly peaceful day. And pictures.

posted by Julia @ 7:16 AM