The first weekend in April Colby's friend came to visit us for the 4 day weekend. Colby has been wanting to go to Kreuzberg where they make what people refer to as monk beer. It is a brewery at a monastery. I wanted to go when it was warmer. The weekend that Brandon was visiting was beautiful and since they both love beer we decided it would be a good trip.
They don't only have beer there. They also serve food, have hiking trails, a church and 3 wooden crosses at the top of the hill.
We decided to climb the 300 steps to get to the crosses first. Brandon went to get beer first though and hiked up with two mugs of beer! The view at the top over looking the village was gorgeous! It was nice to relax and enjoy the view after the trek up the hill.
The 3 crosses and Colby's mug
We took the shorter hiking trail around to get back down the the monastery. It was a lovely hike through the forest with a nice little opening so we could see the view down the mountain. The hike was just the right distance for us with the kids. They were able to run/walk the whole way and get out some energy without disrupting anyone else. We as a fall always enjoy spending time outdoors.
The view along our hike
Once we were back at the monastery, we got some food and more beer for the guys. The kids also enjoyed some ice cream. After eating and Colby getting his 5 liter growler of beer to bring home we went to check out the church. We have seen a lot of church since moving to Germany and its very interesting to see how different they are but also how similar they can be. Harper also had some questions about Jesus on the cross. It was a good chance for me to tell her about the true meaning of Easter which was prefect since we were in the middle of lent.
Colby and Brandon with 5liters of beer
After leaving the monastery we planned to just head home but as we were heading down the mountain we saw what looked like a castle ruins, Osterberg. We decided it would be fun to check it out. Just Colby and I made the big hike up. It was just ruins. We have been to a couple castle ruins and this one was probably the most run down we have seen. It was still nice and the view again was very nice.
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