Eppstein walking tour

 We took Leo on a four-hour walking tour of Eppstein today.  First stop, Michael and Patrick's schools and their soccer field, where even I was drafted to play a game of soccer to even out the teams.
 After soccer, they were THIRSTY, so we walked down the hill to the Old Town and sat outdoors at the Zum Taunus restaurant, and had three BOTTLES of water.  We also ate Schnitzels and Flammkuchen before heading up to the cobblestone path to the castle.

 In the castle, a great tour guide who had worked for IBM for 30 years insisted on giving us a tour in English, even though I said Leo was here to learn German!  In any case, he made the history of knighthood come alive.  We couldn't believe how heavy the chain mail was. Leo seemed particularly interested, so the guide helped him try it on!










After learning all about the dungeon, the doors to the tower, what types of things knights would catapult over enemy walls (gross!), and the legend of Eppo and the giant, we walked past the bookstores on Eppstein's main street and back up the hill to Vockenhausen.