Our first day in Butzbach was actually filled with going places and seeing stuff, instead of actually staying in Butzbach. Roslyn's great uncle Erich was wonderful and acted as our tour guide. We spent a bit of the morning hanging out with Roslyn's Omi and her great aunts and uncles before going out with Erich. Our first stop was a local iron mine that had been decommissioned a few decades ago.
The cable drum for the elevator we went down in.
We hiked to the top of the mine to look at the elevator cable drum and the operators area. Both are still functional and we ended up taking a ride down the elevator for a tour of the mine after. We didn't get any good pictures in the mine because of the lighting, but we were shown the evolution of mining equipment over the life span of the mine, and had fun looking around.
After the mine, we headed to a castle we have forgotten the name of. First castle visit! On our way to it we stopped for lunch and walked around for a bit looking at the buildings.
Traditional German look
Gateway to the castle
We had lunch at the restaurant on the left
After lunch we walked around the castle and had a tour of the inside. Unfortunately, pretty much all castles that offer tours don't allow pictures or video of the inside. The inside of the castle was pretty extravagant, which was kind of expected. It was a pretty awesome half hour tour.
Gate in the castle wall
Rose in the court yard
After the castle, we drove back to Butzback and spent a wonderful evening with all of Roslyn's relatives. Erich had us over for supper as well, and we spent the evening talking about pretty much everything.
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