It was a short 1/2 hour ride there and we easily found the Hummel factory where we toured both the factory outlet store and the factory store. There were definitely lots of figurines to see! Angela has been enthralled with these figurines for years so this was a special stop for her.
The next castle on our list, Schloss Rosenau was nearby and we paid it a visit. It was a summer home for nobility and quite plain in presentation. We skipped the museum tour here, and ventured on to Kronach where we had one of the more grand castles to visit: Festung Rosenberg. This grand old defensive castle is poised high on a hill above the city and is reached by riding up a series of twisty and steep cobblestone streets. Then one hikes up the hill and through the second of three defensive walls. This wall is about 30 feet thick.
We purchased castle tour and museum tour tickets for 8€ each. One cannot view the castle without doing the tour. We did a quick first visit to the museum before joining the 2 pm tour. The tour was conducted totally in German and Angela would give me highlights of the guide's comments. For me, there were two highlights to the tour. First was walking down into the inside of the 30 foot thick wall. Exiting that, we had a terrific view of the castle, and that was the second highlight. We then had a terrific late lunch/early dinner out on the patio at the castle restaurant. We followed that up with a return visit to the museum where the focus was on altar pieces, sculptures, and paintings. After our visit concluded just after 5 pm, we rode back to our hotel in just under an hour.
Tomorrow the plan is to ride southeast to Bayreuth for 4-5 castles in the area plus things Richard Wagner.
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