Circumstances beyond my control kept me from writing this week’s ‘Bare Bones’. In truth, part of those circumstances were my husband and son (okay, and myself0 being in dire need of a breather, so we went to the Mosel area in Germany. The river’s valley is littered with castles and ruins, and it’s in general a beautiful area to visit.
However, what caught my eye was this building along the main road through the village of Treis-Karden: a crooked ‘Amtshaus’ dating back to 1562:
If the walls seems to be bulging like a potbelly, that is because they ARE:

(That little tyke by the wall is my son :D)
Alas the pictures of the garden behind the house’s overgrown gate were too severely underexposed to salvage, but if anything qualifies as a haunted house, this is it!
Gratitute to Hanneke Bijl for making the photos. (Honestly, I wouldn’t know which end of the camera is up…)
Published on July 21, 2015 07:05