Day 44 (June 16)Transition to Coburg

After another terrific breakfast it was time to pack up and leave our home for the past 3 nights.  We paid our bill and said our goodbyes to our hosts at Wohnen mit Hertz.  This was one of the best B&B's we've stayed at.  While our night's destination was only 45 minutes away, there were a few castles to see along the way.

Schloss Rentweinsdorf was right in the town of Rentweinsdorf and still occupied as was Schloss Eryichshof in Ebern.  Just up the hill from Schloss Erichshof were the ruins of Burgruine Rotenham. When this hand carved castle which is built into the sandstone was destroyed, a decree would not allow it to be rebuilt.  So the owners built the sumptuous castle down the hill that we just visited.

Burg Lichtenstein was at the end of a little country road outside of Pfarrweisach and is still occupied so we couldn't visit.

Burgruine Altenstein was hidden at

Maroldsweisach, and we took a few pictures there, but it was raining and that dampened our enthusiasm for hiking down the hill to see more.

The gem of the day was at Seßlach (Sesslach):  Schloss Geyersberg.  It's perched up on a tree filled hill above town and there is a little path to walk up to it or it can be reached by vehicle. It's still occupied and rentable for special events, so we couldn't go in.  We parked the bike next to the Rathaus and walked through the fully walled town with its cobblestone streets and half timbered houses, enjoyed some lunch to get out of the rain, and found a most helpful tourist information person.  Here we also found the official printed map of the castle route which would have been helpful earlier in the trip.  We also climbed one of the 3 remaining city towers and Angela did her best Rapunzel impersonation.  

While it was still raining, we plodded on to our hotel for the next 4 days, Hotel Panorama in Niederfüllbach which is about 3 miles outside of Coburg.  It was good to check in relatively early and begin to dry off after being in the rain most of the day.

We walked into town and found the local grocery store, Edeka, which is like a Fred Meyer along with some great chile at a local Cafe.  Did I mention we had been running low on fuel? The odometer now indicated less than 15 miles of range and we hadn't seen fuel in any of the little villages we had visited.  Would there be fuel in Coburg the next day?  Time would tell.