Our first Friday we took an amazing hike to the nearby village and monastery Bebenhausen. It is completely gorgeous! We hiked down from where we all live in the W.H.O. neighborhood -- a lot of our walk was through some gorgeous forest trails that are easily accessible from my dorm. Then we rounded a corner and saw the amazing view:
The monastery was fascinating and gorgeous. Originally built in the 1180s, there have been of course a variety of renovations and constructions. It has been a Catholic monastery, a Protestant monastery, and a hunting lodge. Also, at one point, it served as the location of the town council and government. Today, it is a museum and its main chapel is a fully-functioning church.
Here is the passageway around the
perimeter: to the inside is the garden, and on the outside are stairs to the various rooms (chapel, dormitories, etc.).
This angel is on the ceiling in the room that became the meeting place of the local government:
Another gorgeous room:
After the monastery, we stopped for some Radler as a whole school.
Later, most people took the bus back (Bebenhausen is at the bottom of a hill, so the return walk is less fun), but I walked back with a group of friends and then we went out for a delicious Swabian dinner.
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