i'm slowly coming to an end with my february/march vacation posts. i'm as always awfully late. a real procrastinator sometimes. but there are days when i just don't want to work on something anymore, just want to sit down, feet up on the couch and relax. but what am i telling you, do i need to explain myself? no. so the posts come as they come, no matter if the things pictured happened half a year ago, or only a few months or a few days.
our visit to weilburg was pretty split. in the morning we had thick fog surrounding us while we explored the city and then after noon it cleared up again ( like it did in limburg ). we decided to not waste the sunny weather and made a stop by the animal park weilburg. it was seriously the most beautiful animal park i've seen. the compounds were huge, the animals had lots of space and you could even walk through the deer compound, observing their rival fights or family happenings. it was wonderful. i could've spent my time there forever. when we drove home we passed by hilly landscapes, little villages, castles. time went slow in this part of hessia.
castle weilburg is a huge complex architecture. it was one of the main domains of the nassau nobility. the former stables are used by a hotel now.
loved these little hearts in the dormers.
in the courtyard of the high castle ( there are several parts of the castle ). this part of the castle was mainly renaissance-inspired.
arcades of the courtyard. the architecture was really interesting, you could see a lot of styles - from renaissance architecture to baroque.
the piper tower.
the balustrades of the palace garden. this area of the palace was called praliné corner. clearly a hightlight of the gardens. it made for nice photos :)
palace chapel and upper orangery. the tree stock was really old. here you can see baroque influences.
more of the upper patio.
that's how foggy it was that morning. i love weather like this, chilly, moody and little bit eerie.
the linden tree boscage. another highlight of the gardens. no matter at which point you were standing you always had symmetric passages. i wonder how the boscage looks when there are green leaves everywhere. maybe i should revisit again. i bet it's even more beautiful in spring and summer.
yes, the balustrades were hypnotizing.
the lower palace garden.
naked booty.
it was rather dull in these gardens because of a lack of plants and flowers. this place must be most brilliant when everything blooms.
golden naked guys on pillars.
rather slowly the sun made her way through the fog. we made a little walk by the river lahn. ( this is definitely a river that i grew to like a lot the last few months ). my mother enjoying the view.
river houses situated below the castle ( it is build upon a high mountain cliff ).
waters of the lahn.
the stone bridge over the lahn.
castle wall details.
the castle complex. on the left behind the trees you can see the palace church plus upper gardens. in the middle there is the main castle building and on the right ( little building ) there's the stables.
we said hello to some geese under a bridge!
and a swan swam by as well.
and suddenly there was sun! this little traditional hessian house greets you when you want to enter the animal park of weilburg. we ate cake and drank coffee here, everything was selfmade and totally delicious.
przewalski horses! they were very affectionate with each other. really adorable. i got to pet the horse in the front and it had the softest fur and nose :3
sleeping in the sun.
these bears were so close! but still so far away from us that they could patiently eat their meal.
the fog still lingered between the trees.
this little fellow otter was happily gnawing at some fish remains.
overview on the widespread park area.
this was the entry area of the deer enclosure. it was so huge.
meet a lazy fallow deer! he snored.
this one made sure everybody was gathered around him :)
fallow deers are such beautiful animals.
finally awake. just in time for a posing picture :)
two young stags carving out territories :)
a wild cat! she was enjoying the sun as well. who could blame her?
there was another one up in a tree.
hello mr. mouflon! he scratched his butt with his horns.
and this one conquered the best place of the cratch. don't ask me how it got there. but it was happily munching on hay.
an ibex climbing. that's what it does best ;)
fat and huge lynx! i felt that he looked like an old man, with his beard and thick fur, haha.
and this one was hiding behind a bush. lynxes are such classy looking cats.
a young one roaming around.
another primordial horse: a tarpan. they are extinct in the wild but through backbreeding scientists found a way to 'bring them back'.
and a last picture of young boars :)
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