Blog marathon Dec 2015 Post 3: The invisible Schloss Berlepsch!

The invisible Schloss Berlepsch!

Schloss Berlepsch... just an hour from Goettingen, which was my home for four months during my stay in Germany, was on our cards as the next trekking spot during the sunny month of July!

 

The impetus for choosing this place was The Outdoor Society Goettingen, with whom we were associated for our trekking cum hiking expeditions during our stay in Goettingen. Managed by four really beautiful, charming, friendly and amazing German girls studying in the George August University, Goettingen, this trekking group was voluntarily initiated by them as a part of intercultural activities for the exchange students. Our first interaction with this group happened as we registered for the first summer trek organized by them to Harzgebirge (a beautiful place, which indeed deserves a description in a separate blog altogether). We were a bunch of 35 curious minds, across all possible countries, with one common goal to explore the natures' beauty! We connected with these girls so well, that we happened to hang around together a few times later and also share our respective food cultures with each other in a Deutsch-indischer Kochabend organized by us! Its so wonderful at times to see how few relations unleash and flourish! Unfortunately Harzgebirge was the only trek we managed to do with them, the reason being the date clashes with our other pre planed German and Austrian trips!

 

But one day after their trek to Schloss Berlepsch, as they posted the pictures on Facebook, we could not help but to ogle at the beautiful roads leading to this Schloss (Castle). So being very enthusiastic we (4 girls + 1 guy) took it upon us to visit this Schloss by hook or crook  in our real tight travelling schedule :P We immediately googled how to go there and after getting all the possible minute details about the weather and winds there, we set out on the Sunday morning with our bag packs, packed with water and fresh sandwiches! Taking a regional train (R1) to Friedland, we started our hiking from there on! We were indeed guided by the direction arrows leading to the Schloss, and not to forget the Google maps too!

 

Singing, dancing, playing rapid fire along the whole way, we came up to  huge vast spread wheat fields, surrounded from all sides by cherry red cheery trees full of cherries *_* Being in a German province, away from our land, abiding by the stringent German policies, we hesitated at first to pluck the cherries from the trees and kept walking. Later we saw a German family actually walking around plucking and simultaneously eating the cherries. As if we were just waiting for this stimulus, we also started doing the same thing! What fun that was! For a while we actually forgot that we needed to increase our pace and make our way to the Schloss! After all visiting the Schloss was our goal, and not plucking cherries ;) Though that was the best part!



 

CHORI KIYA RE! CHERRY MERRY!!! ;)

 

After filling our stomachs with these deliciously sweet juicy cherries, we finally focused on walking towards the Schloss, which was still nowhere to be seen! Making our way through the fields, we climbed up for about 3 to 4 kms. But we royally missed our path and we did not realize it when! The arrows were no where to be seen. Google also gave up! It started popping up errors in directions! And we were totally lost. We still went ahead in a hope that we would be able to spot the castle. Come on the castle is huge and stands on a height! It should be viewable from somewhere atleast after walking for 10 kms, especially when we were again in the middle of plain wheat fields for acres to come! But no sign at all, neither of the castle nor of any soul to ask help for! Well reality struck us, that was a small secluded village in Europe! To add up to our disappointment, weather changed its colors! While it was not to rain, it started pouring and winds started flowing at a speed of 10 raise to n. We decided to head back, as if we had any other better option, but still I mean, we started our return journey!

 

To our delight, the weather got better and the descent was quick! We passed by the same hills and fields and the cherry trees, singing songs all the way, back to the train and our respective homes!!!

 



 

NEVER MISS A CHANCE TO GET CLICKED! COME WHAT MAY ;)



 

We laughed the whole way in train about whatever happened through out the day! And decided to keep this Invisible Schloss trip a secret! Our two guy friends who had very firmly denied to accompany us are still till date  unaware of the fact that we never ever found that Schloss :P Shuusssshhh let this still remain under cover!

But nevertheless we enjoyed a lot with the cherries and the roads and the photography all along!

Lesson learnt: never rely solely on Google maps! And be open to the adventures which lie on an extremely well planned trip as well! You never know what's in the box for you!

Just for your record... a googled photo of Schloss Berlepsh! The Invisible one!

 

 

THE SCHLOSS BERLEPSCH... INDEED INVISIBLE FOR US!

 

Love!