Castles and enchanted forests

   Holland was full of bike trails. People everywhere rode bikes. Luxembourg has walking and hiking trails everywhere. You can literally walk miles and miles from one village to another. We parked our car in the little village of Beaufort. We toured a beautiful castle. One of my favorite things about Europe is touring castles. I love to touch the cold stone walls and imagine what hands have touched them before. This castle had a torture chamber complete with all the tools of the trade. I couldn't resist touching the spikes that were on the table that at one time plunged into someone's skin. The kids thought it was disgusting that I did that. It was actually , and kinda freaked me out after. Being in there was pretty spooky and when everyone left I did not like being in there alone. What sadistic creepy people invented this crap. On the other hand if this was the punishment for people who committed haneous crimes I suppose the crime rate was very low back then.

   Next we crossed the road and had a picnic and headed out for a hike. The grumpy teenager returned and didn't want to go when he claims he saw a tick on his arm. He wanted to wait in the car and went on and on how there were ticks and he didn't want to join us. We all convinced him hiking with his family was a better option and surely it wasn't a tick. A little down the trail I hear cole say. " I think a tick is biting my penis!" He opens his drawers and inspects. A few minutes later jim says " I think a tick is on my balls!" So here I am trying to enjoy this picturesque forest trail in this dreamy fantasy like forest with ancient stone steps and there goes Jimmie in front of me dropping his drawers inspecting his nuts. I think this all started when I made the mistake of telling them a story about my great aunt that my mom told me. Somehow she managed to get a tick in her vagina. It's bad enough to have one of these disease ridden nasty bloodthirsty bugs at all, but one in her vagina? This horrifying family secret has traumatized my family. We'll anyhow eventually they moved on from it and we ended up hiking over 4 hours. It was really awesome. I love it here. Brock said many times this is my favorite day. He is my second son and I love how he always appreciates nature. 

   On the way back thunder and lightening roared above us , rain started to follow and the creeks started moving faster. We were deep in a canyon so I wasn't to concerned and it was actually pretty exciting. The canopy of trees kept us from getting to wet. 

 Ate dinner three nights in a row now,at another Turkish kabob place. Still having the falafel wrap. It's so inexpensive healthy and delicious. I'm in love with the people from turkey! They are as wonderful as their food. That definitely will be on my bucket list of places to visit.

   Time to relax in my comfy trailer. I'll dream of forest creatures tonight I am sure.