Day 3: Colditz to Colditz

I’ll get the stats out of the way first. 0 kms travelled and a top speed of 0kph.

Not bad accommodation in the old castle. We are in a bunkroom in the old German guard quarters. It got better when we found out the price included all meals. Today is a rest day and a time to explore.

Colditz Zentrum below Schloss Colditz

After breakfast we headed into town and had a look around which really was just wandering around the streets looking for and at interesting things. Then it was off on our tour of the castle and a bit of a history lesson. Very interesting. The castle is officially 750 years old so there was a lot to hear and read about on the tour. As expected, the focus was on the escapades of those inventive and mischievous allied prisoners and the attics they got up to. Very interesting and very resourceful.  Do not believe everything you may have seen in any movies and TV series. We never saw Robert Wagner or David McCallum. However, the castle has been used as a hunting lodge, a lunatic asylum, a poor house and an old folks home as well as the prison so it's had a chequered history.

The afternoon was very relaxing. We scouted out the locale for a dinner location and came upon a biergarten close by. After sampling the bier we decided it was good enough to eat at. Then it was off to read and relax. I think I got hit by the book I was reading and eventually gave up trying to hold it upright.

Manuela

The evening was spent at the biergarten playing Marisias eating and joking around. There was much mirth over dinner including some provided by Manuela, the local hostess and our interpretation of overheard conversations and the stories we created from them. So much laughter that my sides hurt. I don’t think we will forget Manuela’s schwarzbier mit mutter’s milch. That shall, however, remain on tour.

Day 3 Marker

The biergarten was also the scene of today's marker.

Finally, it is time to retire for the night and ensure we are prepared for tomorrow’s trials and tribulations.