eddieandme: Altena Castle, part 2

The previous post showed my introduction to Altena and a little about the castle. This time, I mostly have a series of pics, with commentary along the way.

First, a view out over the land that the castle residents would have owned, along with the residents therein. Yes, I enjoy showing the heights from these old buildings. :)

I'm really disappointed about this next pic. I took I don't know how many shots of various items like this below. And this one is the "least fuzzy" of the lot! I never would have guessed what it is. Maybe you already know. But in case you don't: This is an artful structure that hides the chimney flue. They were all unique and all beautiful. Sadly, you will have to look elsewhere, to someone else's pics to find a good look of them. :(

Knowing how well BW loves heights (NOT), I took every opportunity to have Stephanie and Beth pose at the bottom of a stairwell so that I could show our climbing up and down.

Looking outside through a window-less window. Again, to show the height.

Another shot of the same. (Please, don't ask me why!)

A very Catholic looking chapel, with a bust of Martin Luther in the entrance. Fact is, the artifacts in this chapel were collected from a variety of locations and a wide span of time. Most of them pre-dated Luther. So they in fact are from the time when the Roman Catholic church was simply "The Church." In a moment of incongruity, Stephanie is sitting on the front row, talking on her cell phone. :)

Another stairway. This one, however, at the top apparently led nowhere! It was like that Winchester house in California. It was simply a stairay going several steps up to a blank wall! Beth and Stephanie told me not to go up there (reminded me of BW). So of course, I "had to" go up and take a pic!