Kicking around Kandern

This morning, we recieved the gift of sleeping in.  Then, we drove to the nearby castle, Burg Rötteln, where we met our friends, Bryant Bebe and Katie Loughlin, who coincidentally happened to be in Europe at the same time as us!  There, we climbed one of the towers, and quickly toured the grounds.  Some of the castles in Europe are completely rebuilt, but the only work done on this one was so it would be safe.  (Holes in walls are easy to fall through!)  

At the gate

Monkeying around

Burg Rötteln has allegedly been around since the 11th century, with the first recording of a lord there dated to the early 1100s.  The owners have restored it to its condition after its destruction in the 1600's.  (They have restored it to its destruction!)

After lunch, we explored Kandern.  After swinging by the library, where my Grandma works, we meandered down to the stream running through the town.  When there, we noticed a memorial up on a hill and decided to hike up there.  It was a WWI and WWII memorial to all the men from Kandern who died in those wars.  The memorial originally only had the names for deaths in WWI, but they added name for WWII on side pillars.

Over the Kandern River - see the Memorial up on the top of the hill behind us?

Chucking rocks never gets old!

At the memorial with Kandern behind us.

"Is that our house?"

We have just arrived home from a scrumptious supper eaten at the Alpenblich (means "view of the Alps") while looking over an astounding view of the mountains.  The special was different types of Schweinschnitzel.  I specifically enjoyed the Schweinschnitzel Schwälder Art mit Rösti.  It had a slice of excellent pork with "bacon" and I cascaded a savory sauce over it all.  The "Rösti" was shredded potatoes in a breaded circle.  Mmm.  I am more than satisfied.

It was a fine finish to a day of kicking around Kandern.