The Sparrow's Nest

Yesterday, we had the opportunity to go on a river cruise with people in our company courtesy of FRG, family readiness group. We met in Heidelberg to board the river boat, we were on the boat for a little over an hour and then arrived in a little village for lunch and some sight seeing. We grabbed lunch and gelato, yum!! Afterwards we headed towards the castles. One of the castles we passed we could not check out because it is a private residence! YES! People live in the castle, no big deal! CRAZY!

Anyhow, we ventured further to find the remained ruins of the oldest castle of the group, built in the 12th century.  There was a tower you could climb to get a better view of the river and village below. After exploring this castle Jonathan and I headed further down to the last castle while most of the group headed back towards town. The last castle was called "The Sparrow's Nest." I assume it was called this because it was the highest of them all. The steep stairs to climb to the top took me back to the old days in our apartment in Georgia where the stairs were crazy steep.

We thoroughly enjoyed our trip and getting to spend time with friends and meeting some new people along the way. It was definitely an enjoyable afternoon with a pretty good workout! Here are a few pictures from the day, you can find the rest in the albums if you would like to look at more.

12th century castle

This is the one people lived in.

The "Sparrow's Nest" is in the background of this picture.

On top of the world!

Beautiful!

Rocking his TOMS!

Exploring the "Sparrow's Nest"

Kisses in the castle!

A GREAT DAY!