I more or less at random chose a hotel (I recommend hotel.de for German Hotels) north of Frankfurt near the city of Kassel in an area called Knullwald. We exited the autobahn at the knullwald exit, and then asked in stilted German for the location of this hotel. Soon enough we figured out it was in another village up the hillside from our current location. Nice. The village of Schellbach is an old, small village with a very pleasant hotel. Not the super luxury type, but a nice place with a good restaurant boasting a very German menu. After the hectic weekend of travel, it was the quiet, nice, and peaceful location and evening that we all needed.
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| From Knullwald / Celle |
The next day we still had a fair distance to travel, so we chose to visit a city called Celle southeast of Hamburg. Its past historical significance (it was the regional capitol for a while) and the exceptional preservation of its downtown made it intriguing. And so it was. In a twisted way it was almost too well preserved, as it was vaguely reminiscent of Leavenworth, WA. The major differences are that the locals are German, it is bigger and older, and the currency is the Euro. It was a great lunclunch stop (Real Bratwurst!) and proved to us that Germany is almost cheap. And compared to Denmark (42% more expensive than the European average), food is nearly free.
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| From Knullwald / Celle |
Noteworthy site were some old houses, a palace (sorry no pictures) and a plaza where they used to hold jousting tournaments. Also of interest was the fragment of the medieval wall that remains in the city. Another fun time, and a good mid-day stop before reaching the World Heritage site of Lubeck in the evening.
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