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After the guided tour you are free to stay in the castle as long as you want, climb the small tower, walk through the terraced rose garden or sit in the castle yard enjoying the view.
Yet the accessible area is not that big; you rather have the impression of being in a romantic pleasure seat than in a fortified castle.
But the view up to the main building towering high above you is quite im- pressive. It´s a pity that there's a quarry right beside the castle, better avoid looking in that direction.
When I left the castle at 18 o´clock, I was asked by the gardener if I could give him a lift with my car downhill because he had to catch his train to Koblenz. "yeah sure" I said, "and just for the record I got a knife with me and the brown belt in judo (anyway, I had been close to achieving the yel- low one...).
After that, we got along fine, although I´m afraid he found my remark "what a dream job, working at a castle every day" rather naive. Probably so.
At departing he kissed my hand and I drove home with a nice feeling.
Résumé: Anyone being interested in the art and history of the 19th cen- tury will enjoy this trip immensely.
Anyone loving the slightly artificial atmosphere of the rhenish Prussian kitsch will do so as well.
No doubt a nice trip, which would be improved were the castle tavern o- pen.
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