Chicken chips and Pommes...

Today was a rather relaxed day! We woke up in Trendelburg where we slept in Rapunzel's tower. We walked down the hill to get breakfast at the local 'bakerie' where they had apple juice 'with no bubbles'. That was quite exciting for all of us. We then loaded the car and headed on our way to Hoxter to see a statue of Hansel and Grethal. We had lunch at another outdoor cafe and most of us had none other then chicken chips and pommes (chicken nuggets and French fries). We also looked at a few of the local shops in the area. We proceeded to Polle where the ruins of Cinderella's Castle are located. We were able to tour a museum, the grounds around the castle and then meander through the castle imagining what had once been there. We saw what we believed to be the dungeon in the middle of the castle grounds. It went almost 50 feet into the ground. Finally we were able to climb 52 more stairs to the top of Cinderella's tower. We had an excellent view of the river that was winding through the small town. To end our evening we drove to Hameln, where we would be staying for the night. We ate at the restaurant in our hotel, and then spent the evening repacking our suitcases with all of our exciting purchases to prepare for the next days drive to Belgium and Paris! We are excited to see 2 more countries, but most of all we are getting excited to return home where we can drink something other than sprite or coca cola light at dinner (milk would be nice...) and sleep with 'real' pillows. Our German word/ phrase from yesterday is aschenputtel (Cinderella) Translation time: (comment your best guess) Sparkasse