While on our recent little road trip, we had the opportunity of visiting one of the filming location for the movie "Indiana Jones and the last crusade" (the flick with Sean Connery). 12th century castle Bürresheim had never been conquered and survived all wars and turmoils over centuries unscathed. Its Disney like features became the inspiration for the fictitious Austrian Castle Brunwald, where dad and junior Jones were held captive, tied up and put in a (miraculously turning) fireplace.
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| Nice views |
Our next stops included several tuff cones (Maar lakes) and crater lakes in the region. Volcanic activities stopped some 20 or 30.000 years ago meaning just a snippet in time in geological terms.
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Kyll creek
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| Windsborn crater lake
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| Hinkelsmaar (drained in the 19th century) |
Some fine, secluded (and legal for a change!) boon docking at Meerfelder Maar
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| No sunset but still nice |
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| Swimming is allowed here! |
I had to hike up an extinct volcano. Hubby did well, too.
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Meerfelder Maar from above.
Camping ✅
Hiking ✅
Sightseeing ✅
Having a good time ✅ ✅ |
Nice pics SonjaM, good to see there are some legal boondocking spots! Did the castle that hosted the filming of IJ and Last Crusade put any emphasis on the fact they did so?
ReplyDeleteThanks Dom, legal and nice boon docking is very rare to find in Germany, and often in not so nice spots (something linke large supermarket chain parking lots or industrial areas. We prefer what you call harvest hosts in the US, and often select vineyards or orchards for overnighters. However, this one was lovely.
DeleteWe didn't know in beforehand that the castle had been used as filming location. Indeed we learned it from our tour guide.
Cheers, SonjaM
Einmal mehr ganz tolle Bilder aus einer für mich fremden Gegend. Danke auch für die zusätzlichen kulturellen Infos. Die Seenlandschaft sieht sehr attraktiv aus und scheint nicht so überlaufen zu sein. Da würde Loki sicher gerne ein paar Schwimmrunden drehen :-)
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Hallo lieber Werner, Loki hätte bestimmt seinen Spaß gehabt, manchmal denken wir auch über einen Hund nach, allerdings nicht, solange wir noch beide arbeiten... LG SonjaM
DeleteSuch incredibly varied scenery Sonja. I think you could spend a lifetime exploring Germany and still never see all of it! Wonderful.....
ReplyDeletewieder so eine wunderbare Gegend! Ich vermisse camping dieses Jahr sosehr, seufz.
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