Part one: Felsenmeer, March 2007

I was born in Frankfurt am Main, because my father was a serviceman stationed in Germany at the time. We lived in Darmstadt, not too far from Frankfurt, twice during his military career, leaving when I was 6. I have now lived for almost 4 years less than an hour away from Darmstadt, and my family and I finally made it there to look around in March of this year. Darmstadt is really not that big, and my husband is an ambitious trip-planner, so we visited Darmstadt, Burg Frankenstein, and the Felsenmeer, all in one day.

Since I am slow, I’ll tackle this trip in parts, starting with the last destination. Part one: the Felsenmeer.

It is a very cool rock formation, also known as the "sea of boulders", that was created during an ice age. I had actually been there as a child, but nothing looked the same as I remembered it. It is set in the woods and is very quiet and peaceful. If you look closely, the tiny hot-pink dot is Hannah on a boulder. That is how huge they are.


Here she is again, a little closer up.


It actually goes a long ways down the side of a mountain, but a zigzag path has been built between levels so you can get to the bottom of it without having to climb down hundreds of boulders. If you have a unicycle or bicycle, you could hop down it, like these lunatics.


Up until we had to hike back up the hill to get to our car, Hannah declared it was the Best. Outing. Ever. She got to climb over boulders. She used her walking stick to christen all the more interesting ones, like Big Rock and Whale. She ran out of steam at the end, though. Her last attempt? “I dub thee ‘stupid-I-have-no-name-for-you’.”

Unfortunately, the Felsenmeer is somewhat hard to get to, so I wouldn’t recommend it unless you have a car and a good map.



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