To Switzerland we wanted to go. Because you can’t just be in the neighborhood and not stop by there. And a little bit of hiking – that’s what we wanted to do. So we hopped into the car and went on a pretty little road trip. Pretty … because you can’t go to Switzerland without having to admit that it’s amazingly pretty. Little … because Switzerland is so small that everything is just a little distance away. And road trip … because after getting to Lake Lucerne, my car-mates decided that wasn’t spectacular enough, and so we got back on the road and moved on to Engelberg, the place they call Angel Mountain. And we found ourselves a mountain to do some hiking and a whole lot of hanging out there, too, enjoying the scenery. See?  

Of course, being in school, we really have to make sure we learn as much as we can. That also includes a lesson in the science of castle-ology. The Sausenburg makes one great object lesson. Except: it was destroyed hundreds of years ago, and that was pretty much the end of it. But we went there anyways. We climbed all the way up the keep – pretty much the only part of the castle that remains. And then we did learn something. About grand views. About the Black Forest, Switzerland, and France – all of which was spread out right before our eyes. And in the end, we decided that the Sausenburg was worth a little lesson in castle-ology anyway.