Germany Trip - A Day Spent In Butzbach

Day number two in Butzbach was.... actually spent in Butzbach! We spent the early morning hanging out with Roslyn's family again, just talking and having a late breakfast. At 11 am we headed towards the town center to go on a walking tour of the town. The walking tour was pretty interesting. It covered the historic growth of Butzbach, the problems it faced, conflicts that greatly affected it, and the importance of the town wall that was created.

Roslyn and I standing at the 'Welcome to Butzbach' sign

Wall houses were made in the arches

One of the cool aspects of the wall was that the arches in the wall have had houses created in them in order to fit more people into the town. These houses are about 6 feet wide and 15 long, with two stories. Way, way to small for Roslyn and I to live in!

 Bathroom addition, no indoor plumbing when it was built

 Center of Butzbach

 

A more artistic(?) angle

 Watch tower where prisoners were kept

 A pretty impressive church

After the tour, we spent some time wandering around looking a the shops before heading back to hangout with the family again. Mid-afternoon we went on a walk through a local forest. We spent about 45 minutes going along trails and saw a few small deer. There are apparently boar in the area but we did not have the (dis)pleasure of seeing them.