Well, the city was originally spelled as Cassel but they changed in in 1928 for some reason. Oh man, it was a long day, and it was up hill from the moment I left the hotel, literally. I got on a tram, and took it down the huge, and very lengthy street that runs through the middle of Kassel – Wilhelmshöhe, to the base of a massive hill, containing Europe’s largest, and world’s second largest hillside park – Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe. It’s super neat, and it’s huuuggeee, and it’s allllll uphill! It’s extremely beautiful. It’s got all kinds of neat things, bridges, cliffs, another set of big Roman aqueducts… although fake, just like in Potsdam. At the top of the hill is a large temple of sorts, with an old figure on top, high, high above. I’m being as vague as possible, in explaining things I don’t want to spoil anything, so view the images. And you will be shocked when you see what happens in this park. It really is breath taking.

There is also a big castle, Löwenburg on the mini-mountain. I wanted to go inside, it looks really cool, but of course as with everything else it was heavily damaged from WW2. Parts of it are still being rebuilt and restored, but so much of it was under reconstruction, and had so much scaffolding and covering around it, particularly on the inside, and as sections were closed off it really made it less desirable to visit. Also the fact that entrance is by tour only, once each hour, and I had arrived just after the hour. Oh well. I made it back down the hill, after skipping the Kassel Museum that’s also up there.

I took the tram and got off and finally completed a lifelong dream I’ve had for the last 3 years since my last trip.  And that was going to a place called “Hallo Pizza!” I always wanted to go, but there’s not many in Germany, and I finally found one going past it in the tram, barely catching it. Anyways, I wasn’t expecting much, but it’s some of the best pizza I’ve had in Germany… wow. And I’ve had a lot!

Anyways, next was to the GRIMMWELT Museum. Kassel was home to the Grimm Brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. If you’ve ever heard of the stories: Aschenputtel, Rotkäppchen, Dornröschen, or Schneewittchen, then you’ll be familar with the works of the Grimm Brothers. You’ve hear of those right? If not, then maybe you’ve heard of Rumpelstizchen, Hänsel und Gretel, and finally, Rapunzel. Oh and by the way, the others above translate to Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow white. The two brothers lived together their whole lives, studying the German languages, writing, and editing children’s story, usually with a good end. The original telling of Little Red Riding Hood doesn’t have a happy ending, but the Grimms fixed that up! It was definitely the weirdest museum I have ever been to, with the most confusing and pointless layout I have ever seen. It’s organized by letters of the alphabet, A-Z, including XY, and Ä. There is no order, it’s completely jumbled, and pointless and really more irritating than anything. Each letter corresponds with a different theme the brothers had come up with, focusing on a theme of their life. They studied German, played with it, and mixed it up and did all kinds of weird things with language. Anyways, it was a weird, but still fun experience.

After that I went right across the street, about 30 seconds away to the Sepulchural Museum, which is basically a Death Ritual Museum, showcasing how they deal with it all over the world, it had all kinds of stones, and displays, but nothing morbid or gruesome. There was also a random exhibition there about Afghanistan, and large photos of bullet holes in walls.

Then It was getting pretty late, so I headed back after doing a bit of shopping.

It’s time once more for German city with a goofy name! Today it is: Burg bei Magdeburg. (Castle by Magda Castle – magado meaning big in old German)

Unfortunately I had a video uploaded from the park about to finish, but right then my net cut out, and losing internet just completely cancels anything currently uploading which is really annoying.

Annnnnnndddd….! The reason for coming up here!

It’s late, so I’ll post the rest of the images tomorrow.