Day 31 (June 2) Niedenstein - 2

The two faces of adventure were still around today. I woke up early and saw that the maps had downloaded overnight. That was the good news. The bad news was that I still needed to create the map files and transfer them to the GPS. I started the process and we left to go on a morning adventure to explore the town and hike up to the tower.

Niedenstein is situated on the side of a hill and was one of the cities from which the Bros. Grimm collected their stories. We hiked up through the center of town to the Rathaus (city hall). From there the path departed up the hill to the tower. It was a steady hilly and twisty path upwards which eventually yielded some gorgeous views. At the top was a very cool chair from which to enjoy the view. But there was more. The tower was open and we climbed the internal winding stairs to the observation level where there was a 360° view.
Hiking down the maintain was much easier and we wandered our way through the local streets and found an antique Jewish cemetery as well as a swimming pool and Noah's Ark preschool.