Since we had a game on Friday, coach gave us Saturday and Sunday off. I think it is the first time since we have arrived in August that we have gotten two days off in a row. It was nice to have a little chance to spend some time with Katy. We decided that we would go for a little drive and see some of the country side. So we took a drive to Mainz, which is just outside of Frankfurt and went to the Cathedral there. After that we drove along the Rhine river and saw many castles. I think we saw something like 20 castles. 
I was reading about them on the interent and it said that the castles were built close enough where if something was happening, like an invasion, they would be able to signal the others and let them know what was happening. I was very cool to drive and see so many castle so close together. Some were just ruins but others looked like they were fully intact. We even saw an outdoor, open-air chapel, that is named the Werner chapel. If we would have been on the other side of the river where the chapel was we would have stopped. 
But since we werent we still enjoyed it from a distance. After taking in all the castles along the Rhine we drove away from the river, past a little town called Munstermaifeld, out into the country and to one of the coolest castles I have seen-Burg (Castle) Eltz. Katy even said that this was her dream home. We were able to walk right up to the gate and a down to the side of it. According to its website, "The heyday or height of the castle building stretched from the 11th to the 13th century" - so this castle is old. 
And it is still kept up very nicely. From April to Novemeber they offer tours and maybe if we make it back during those times we will check it out. The Castle was beautiful and we are very glad we got to see it.
I was reading about them on the interent and it said that the castles were built close enough where if something was happening, like an invasion, they would be able to signal the others and let them know what was happening. I was very cool to drive and see so many castle so close together. Some were just ruins but others looked like they were fully intact. We even saw an outdoor, open-air chapel, that is named the Werner chapel. If we would have been on the other side of the river where the chapel was we would have stopped. 
But since we werent we still enjoyed it from a distance. After taking in all the castles along the Rhine we drove away from the river, past a little town called Munstermaifeld, out into the country and to one of the coolest castles I have seen-Burg (Castle) Eltz. Katy even said that this was her dream home. We were able to walk right up to the gate and a down to the side of it. According to its website, "The heyday or height of the castle building stretched from the 11th to the 13th century" - so this castle is old. 
And it is still kept up very nicely. From April to Novemeber they offer tours and maybe if we make it back during those times we will check it out. The Castle was beautiful and we are very glad we got to see it.From there we drove up to Cologne to see the big Cathedral. It was awesome. We got to see it at night when it was light up with lights. It was very cold but we walked around the whole building and saw how intricate all the statutes and carvings were. We stayed in Cologne on Saturday night and the place we stayed was only a block away. It was great. In the morning we got up and went and saw it again. We climbed up to the top through the huge spiral staircase and passed by the bell room (even the door was closed) while the bells were being rung - It was loud!
After our climb and our legs being tired we went inside and went to mass. Even though we couldnt understand a word, the service was still a nice service in such a great place. If you get the chance this would defintiley be a place I would reccomend seeing. When Katy went the first time I though her picture were cool, but the pictures do not do it justice.
All in all it was a great weekend and we loved that we got to spend time some good time with each other.
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