Sunday morning we got an early start and went to visit the Ruins of Hohenurach Castle which was erected in the 11th century by the Count of Urach. It was expanded in the 16th century by the Dukes of Wurttemberg. This castle has towered as a picturesque ruin over the old town since 1765.
As breathtaking as the ruins are, our travels up to it were not so easy. We decided to take the road less traveled so to speak. Instead of taking the winding and flat path, we took a steep and ever inclining one. Perhaps not the best choice. Iggy, an 18 pound Boston Terrier, practically pulled us up the incline.
When the ruins were in sight we stopped to get out our cameras. Our Camera refused to turn on because our battery was dead, but no big deal our friend Nick had brought his entire bag of camera equipment. So he took out his big and heavy camera and lense and started to get ready to shoot, but his memory card was in his computer... at home. Our memory card did not fit in his camera and his battery did not fit in ours... so now we will do our entire photo shoot with our iPhones. you be the judge but I think they came out well. It was entertaining how every other person had their nice Canon's or Nikon's to take pictures with. Go figure, it would happen to us.
At the ruins we were like little kids. Excited about every little thing. There were real dungeons and underground holding cells and absolutely the most amazing views.
On the hike down we took a short 3 km detour to see a nearby waterfall. The waterfall was impressive but we all agreed that the ruins were far more impressive but to the locals the waterfall must have been a thing of wonder because there were only a handful of people at the ruins but there were over 100 at the waterfall.
All in all a nice day.
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