So many castles, so little time...

I promise after this post, I am going to be better at updating the blog more often! I always have the best intentions to, then things get crazy, then I have so many things I want to post about, that I get overwhelmed and just never do it. But that will change. Mom & Dad are back home safe and sound (very sad), but Jason is finally home after 3 weeks away (very happy), and things are finally getting back to normal around here.

So after Dad headed back Stateside, Mom & I had another week and a half to ourselves. Girl time. I was so excited! We had big plans of visiting a few places like Neuschwanstein Castle and Rothenberg ob der Tauber and Munich, but those plans got pretty derailed by the fact that we had below zero temperatures and a decent amount of snow. That wasn't going to keep us inside though! We mapped out a whole string of castles and churches and palaces we wanted to see within an hour radius of Bamberg. That way, we could be in the car and stay warm and only have to get out a few minutes at a time to brave the weather. It worked perfectly! And I want to share some of the amazing pics with you. I'll update the post later with names and places, but for now I just want to post these gorgeous photos!

First up: 14 Saints Church - Staffelstein, Germany

And 5km across the way: Banz Monastery - Staffelstein, Germany

My favorite one of all!: Seehof Palace - Memmelsdorf, Germany

A close 2nd: Weissenstein Palace - Pommersfelden, Germany

A tiny little schloss: Water Palace - middleofnowhere, Germany

Right in town: Altenburg Castle - Bamberg, Germany

A 2-minute walk from our door!: Geyersworth Palace - Bamberg, Germany

Another hometown palace: Concordia - Bamberg, Germany

A few churches you will probably recognize: The Dome - Bamberg, Germany

And St. Michael's (Monastery) - Bamberg, Germany

On the road again - Griefenstein Castle - Heiligenstadt i.OFr, Germany

-10 degrees: Giechburg Castle - Schebliss, Germany

Back in town: New Residences - Bamberg, Germany

Our last day trip: New Palace - Bayreuth, Germany

Weird name; cool place: Fantasy Palace - Eckersdorf-Donndorf, Germany

And finally: Hermitage Castle - Bayreuth, Germany

(Old Castle - boarded up for the winter)

(New Castle)

So there you have it! A sample of all the beautiful places Mom & I got to see over a week or so. There are a million more pictures of each place, so check out JB's facebook to see more!!