German Adventures of David, Tammy, AJ and Michael: Frankenstein's Castle!!!

What a cool experience!!! It was such a blast and one that I am so glad that we went! There were so many people there and all dressed up in the costumes, young and old. And even the ones that weren't actual actors there were dressed up to the hilt. Who knew! There were some great witches and monsters--almost anything you could imagine. We had to take a bus up there because so many people went. It was all decorated and had different parts in different areas, one was a bar, one was a ship, one was a dungeon, torture chamber and on. They toned it way down for the kids which I am glad about. Even with that there were many, many people screaming and being scared--a lot of teenagers and some adults. Our boys took it like a champ, well maybe not at the start, but by the end neither one of them were afraid of the monsters. Michael was going nose to nose with so many of them it was awesome!! They were giving high fives to them. I couldn't believe how many there were: Freddie Krueger, Pin Head, Texas Chain Saw massacre guy, the devil, Grim Reaper, zombies too many to name. The boys were in awe of everything. During one of the shows I was texting and one of the characters came up and read my text, so I asked him if he would translate the play for me and he translated the whole show!! It was really nice!!! Some of the "scary" ones handed out candy. And one thing about Germany, game on with anything. They stomp on your foot, drag you to put in you in a casket, or drag you to splash so much water on you that you are soaked (I made the boys run past this one since they had just gotten a couple of victims, I didn't want to be wet and cold). They had huge swords that they would bang on anything close and then act like they are cutting your head off. One of them pulled David's hood on his sweatshirt up and closed it. There was a scary clown that was tickling kids, they come up behind you and wait for you to turn and no kidding they aren't even inches away, more like centimeters. It was crazy and quite fun! Luckily we just got messed with some, not as much as others, but it really hurt when the one put his walking stick or whatever on my foot more than once. All in all, we stayed for quite a few hours and had soooo much fun!!! Now my history lesson on castle Frankenstein:

The Frankenstein Castle stands on a 370-meter high hill in the foothills of Langeberg. It was first mentioned in 1252 in a document by Konrad II Reiz von Breuberg next to this city from the wording of the document "super castro in frangenstein" ("at the Castle on the Frankenstein"). However, it appears that the castle was at that time had already been built and used. The exact time of origin is uncertain; assumptions which go back to Frankish period. Most historians, however, believe around 1240.

Burg Frankenstein is naturally associated with the known history of Dr. Frankenstein. He was actually was born in the castle in 1673 to Konrad Dippel, a pastor's son, who experimented as a theologian, physician and alchemist in Castle Frankenstein.

Soon after, they said he would dig up the dead, experimenting with body parts and had them with his magical powers, even created a huge monster and brought to life. It was probably even his own father who started this rumor. It was also claimed that the monster could free himself and was now in the nearby forest and caught little children and young girls to play with them and then eat them alive.

Johann Konrad Dippel was sentenced to death once. But since he lived in Count Danish diplomatic circles, he could not be executed but spent many years under house arrest in the castle.

As the brothers Grimm where collecting their tales to their story that came with the living dead, they sent the incredible story in a letter to her translator Mary Jane Clairmont to England. Her stepdaughter Marry Shelly was so fascinated that she, along with her finance (later husband) Percy Shelley, and her stepsister Claire toured the Rhine in 1814 to the castle itself and had to take a look. Two years later, the three of them sat on Lake Geneva and read to her host, Lord Byron and his physician John William, ghost stories and decided that each of them should write a ghost story.

Thus arose in the summer of 1816, which is as 'Geneva Summer' received in the history of literature known to the famous novel "Frankenstein, the new Prometheus," with Dr. Frankenstein.

In addition to Frankenstein Castle and its inhabitants was also Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin, godfather, who became popular as an anatomist at the Ingo urbanites experiments with electricity and body parts in England.

Be ready for lots of pictures, I trimmed it down a lot, but there are so many good pictures!

Michael and Daddy practicing Ninja skills

His Ninja pose (he is very happy with his costume!)

Our first look at Burg Frankenstein

Michael always climbing, if there is a way to climb he is there.

AJ, the commando, with the castle behind him

Michael, AJ, Asher and Olivia ready to go

They were really good about posing for you

Loved this guy!!!

The tower with all sorts of skeletons, etc.

Michael, Asher and AJ just starting out the adventure

Mad Scientist

Where they grab kids, but them in a coffin, hold the lid down and bang on it

My boys gave her a high five :-)

Scary guy that kept pounding his sword by us and took chunks of wood out of the fence

Michael loving every minute!!

Michael and the torture guy facing off

AJ in jail - thought about leaving him but he is too cute!

The graveyard

It says bed and breakfast with the arrow pointing down :-)

Michael not sure about this one

Before AJ got brave

Not sure if you can see it the girls are in the way, but Michael is boxing the zombie in the back. you can see his hand between the two girls. Protecting his Daddy.