Oops! here's the Medieval Castle

sorry, forgot to add this part. after Cologne they put all of us onto buses and we drove 2hrs to a gorgeous old medieval castle perched high up the top of a cliff. (marksberg Castle)google it! they had guides for us and welcomed us with travelling minstrels (sort of). It was one of the unconquered(such a word??) castles because of its height and layout.therefore not much destruction. Also they had these really cool cannons which shot cannonballs over the Rhine and to the other side (powerful for those times). The gateway in the photos was origionally to the tallest part cause they had knights on huge warhorses (like Clydesdale size) that were strong enough to carry the knights all their armour and then armour around the horses as well. Poor horses I say! you could just imagine the clip clop of the horses off to war. there were also some rather nasty torture instruments as well. After the tour we had a medieval feast in the grand hall with entertainment of the old times with very cute schoolboys (high school age) as waiters. this is me with Germany's version of Justin Beiber!!!

the last part of the show was a lady who did juggling, and then she asked for a young????strong???? man in the audience (guess who!!!!!) yes once again! here he is in acrobatic pose, with her asking him to keep stiff! (big joke for all of the night!)

all the oldies afterwards kept coming up and complimenting dave on how strong he was, and wasnt I proud etc etc. my god! ple --eeeeeeese! app. I have to practise my handstands! (by the way she wasnt too heavy and dave said he felt quite comfortable with her on top!! yeah right.