For the night we stayed in a nice hotel in Landstuhl, which gets regularly frequented by Americans visiting friends and family on the nearby base. (We seemed to be the only German speaking guests...).
On the next leg of our trip we meandered through the Palatinate Forest, a low mountain region and national park in southwest Germany. Our route took us south towards Pirmasens, then southeast to Bad Bergzabern, we traveled south again towards the French border, and left the best part for last: Route 48 to Hochspeyer.
The weather was nice and not too hot, so we hiked up to Berwartstein Castle, a robber baron's headquarter in the 13th century, destroyed and restored several times, and today rather resembling the home of Sleeping Beauty.
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In the past this region had been quite popular with the two-wheeled crowd. Alas, thanks to frequent weekend warriors causing disturbance and accidents over the past years, the best routes through the area are off limits for motorcycles now on weekends and holidays. So, when on a motorcycle make sure you visit the region during weekdays.
Such a beautiful castle. It does look like it is out of a fairy tale.
ReplyDeleteAnd the sunshine - looks like the weather is cooperating, must be because you are in the car.
I was thinking, "beautiful, sunny day". Must be due to driving instead of riding. Wonderful castle!
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad that so many can't comprehend or accept that individual bad behaviour can have negative consequences for all riders. I've been turned away from campgrounds even when I was riding my whisper quiet BMW-RT, hardly the machine of the unwashed rabble.
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