Dinner at the Schloss Hotel in Landstuhl

The other night I had the pleasure of dining at the Schloss Hotel in Landstuhl. We drove up the mountain side at the foot of Burg Nanstein and parked the car. The outside of the hotel is so charming.. beautiful landscaping and a quaint fountain welcome you. Our reservations were for 6:30 and we arrived right on time. Our table was waiting with fresh bread and herb butter... Mmmm. The waitress kindly handed us our menus and offered us the wines on hand. It was very relaxing in the restaurant dining room. Nice music.. candle lights.. *sigh* I ordered the Argentinian rumpsteak.. YUM! It came with a wonderful mushroom topping.. fried potatoes.. and the salad bar. (The salad bar was phenominal.. so fresh and flavorful.. one of the best I've ever had)

When the steak came me and Mike could barely contain ourselves. It was cooked perfect and almost melted in my mouth with every bite. *scarf scarf* lol

Here's a link if you're in the Landstuhl area.. Check out the castle during the day.. and have a nice meal in the evening to top it all off! :) Schloss Hotel Landstuhl

Burg Nanstein

A couple quick photos of my latest castle exploration, Burg Nanstein. It's about 15 minutes from my home. One of the coolest I've been to and supposedly haunted. *Cue creepy music*  It's got a nice little restaurant off of the side with a great view overlooking the Landstuhl/Ramstein area and is very reasonably priced.

Park your chariots here please...

This is the view you can enjoy entering the castle or dining out on the restaurant balcony.

My house is waaaaaaaay past those windmills in the back!

All the gorgeous Roman arches..

I think I forgot to drink Alice's shrinking potion... *tisk tisk*

My husband exploring..

Helllllo! It's me.. Please let me in oh royal friends! I come bearing gifts!

Follow me... Princess Steena.. I will take you to the castle's treasure! lol

Could you imaging stepping out of your castle to this view in the morning?

Heading for the courtyard..

I love how the castle flows right into the natural rock... 

From above on the bridge.. Sorry it's so bright.

These dungeons were creepy..*eerie water dripping*

The courtyard was probably my favorite spot.. Peaceful and full of beauty

Statue.. pretty much standard in any great courtyard!

These detailed stone scrolls could be seen all over the castle.

I think this well in the center of the castle courtyard was my favorite part.. (not just because it was comfy on my bum either lol)

Walking Around Baumholder..

Here are a few pictures from walking around the town I live in. Enjoy :)

Here is the old washing well. This is wear the town's people used to come and do their laundry. If you look closely you can see the statue of a woman washing her clothes. It's very pretty in summer.

Many of the buildings are built from the old wall that surrounded the town.

The town black smith. This family and their business have been here for hundreds of years.

I seriously could stare at the exposed brick in these walls for hours.

Going up the stairs in the town Museum.

A small model of the old town of Baumholder with the wall.

This breast plate was found built into one of the town building's walls.

This is the building the breast plate was found in.

Old sale records

This is what a traditional home looked like.. A whole family shared this one room and normally only had one single bed. Talk about a challenge!

The table setting..

I'll take the cake pans please :)

Oh, and this GORGEOUS stove as well! Thanks!

I feel like I should be cooking something!

The old bell and to the right an old soda machine.

The firefighting gear lol.. Needless to say.. it didn't help enough.

Can you imagine bucket after bucket to put out a house fire?

Soda machine..

Bottle sealer on the soda machine.

The sign under the bell lol.

The old loom..

Sewing machine.. I'd love this for my collection!

Shoe making machine.

The drying plants that will be made into linen.

Different machines for turning that plant into material.

Frau Lupus showing us the fabric.

This is pretty cool.. A lot of people like to collect the Earth from their homes or places they travel to be burried with. I think I might have to start a collection :)

A gate in town.

Churches..  There are two.. one Catholic and one Protestant. This is the protestant one.

This is the town's 'corpse gate.' It was used to bring the dead out of town and to the graveyard without people seeing.

The Catholic church

One of the old wall towers.

This is the oldest tree in town! Every year they hold a celebration here in honor of it.
Alright.. enough random stuff. I'll be back later today with some interesting stuff from my trip to Munich and a couple of my recent projects!

xoxoxox