Once upon a time 'Roos' and I ended up in a cute little town called Steinau an der Strasse, home of the brothers Grimm.
Visiting the town is like entering the fairy tale world of the brothers Grimm. You'll find famous fairy tale characters everywhere you look and at almost every corner I got catapulted back to my childhood bedroom memories.
Truly a magical place!
Did you know that the brothers Grimm didn't write the stories themselves? They basically collected legends and stories that were told in different German villages and beyond. They did this because they were afraid that otherwise these stories would get lost over time. They were responsible though for shaping the stories in a consistent ways and coined phrases like 'Once upon a time' and 'They lived happily ever after'...
For my destination challenges in Steinau an der Strasse I played the Spessart Im Glueck discovery game. How it works is that you visit the following website (https://blog.spessart-tourismus.de/zufallsreise/) where you then generate your own fairy tale adventure.
Give it a try it's loads of fun :-)
For my Spessart im Glueck adventure I had to find minimum 6 items related to the 'Puss in Boots' fairy tale in Steinau an der Strasse.
Find out about my fairy tale adventure below...
Spessart im Glück
I had to find minimum six of the following Puss in Boots items: a tomcat, boot, mill, donkey, partridge, king, bag, grains, lake, carriage, wizard, mouse and field.
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| 1. The Mill |
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| 2. The wizard |
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| 3 & 4. Mouse and Tomcat |
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| 5. Donkey |
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| 6. King? :-) Doesn't a throne make you king? 7. My hand is on a sac of grains ;-) |
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| 7. a Tomcat with boots |
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| It's this lady that told most stories to the Brothers Grimm |
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| Stricking the pose with them brothers Grimm :-) |
A lot of the items I found at the Brother Grimm's museum in the heart of Steinau an der Strasse. A must visit when you're in town. ;-)
The hell hole of Steinau an der Strasse
A little bit out of town there's another mysterious place called 'Teufelshöhle' which literally means 'Devil's cave'.
The place was discovered back in the days when a cow suddenly disappeared. The villagers at that time believed that the devil took it while the cow actually just fell into the cave.
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