Witch's Tower???

POSTS: 7/12: Our tour of Steinau began with the Brothers Grimm Museum. When we walked through the front gate we entered the past. There were gardens, statues of the princess and the frog and the seven dwarves, the gingerbread house with Hansel in the cage, and carriages and wagons of long ago. In the museum, we went through room after room of fairy tale fantasy. We learned about the Grimm family tree -- did you know there were 7 brothers and sisters, not just Jakob and Wilhelm?!? We got some very creative ides for our upcoming lessons and family nights! One of our favorite areas was the fairy tale shadow box room where we had to use the illustrations to guess the fairy tale because we could not read the German. And of course, Mrs. Larson LOVED the crown room!! Next we visited the Steinau History Museum. Wetoured the museum like children -- appreciating the beauty and history of the pictures and artifacts without reading the signs and descriptions. This museum was also set up to make you feel like you were walking back in time. It showed both the original building materials, along with the modern day materials. Our final stop in Steinau was the Steinau Castle. We wandered the outside grounds and enjoyed the atmosphere of the castle. It was so different from Neuschwanstein, the latter being opulent and elegant. Whereas the Steinau Castle was ancient and rustic. There were no pictures allowed inside any of the buildings we visited, so we took many of the gardens, buildings and scenery. We continued our fairy tale journey to Gelenhausen where we saw many more incredible sights, including a cathedral that looked like a castle. We also walked to the witch's tower...well we thought it was the witch's tower,but since we can't read German we were wrong!! When we found the real witch's tower later on, it was a little chilling with the blackbirds swooping around it and owls hooting. We enjoyed our meals at outdoor cafes and even had a trumpet player serenade us during dinner, with the first American song he could think of -- "New York,New York." Our German word/phrase for the day: stilles wasser (water American style) Translation Time: (please comment your best guess) "sweinsteak"