Celtic Museum

 I spent part of the day at Glauberg (40 minutes NE of Frankfurt)....at the Celtic ruins/museum.  

This was discovered around in the late 1980s, and made into a fairly decent museum.  My advice:

1.  This was a Celtic settlement....going back to 2,500 years.  It's near the Nidder River....but in the midst of a fairly rural area.  Don't go up without a GPS.

2.  Cost factor?  14 Euro for two to see the museum.

3.  The statue on display....from 500 BC?  Yeah it's a piece done in honor of the local 'prince' at the time.  Yeah, it's a bit odd....big thick legs like you'd expect on a NFL linesman, but thin airs like you'd expect on some NBA guy.  The facial expression....stoic in nature.

4. Allocate about 60 minutes to see the museum, 15 minutes for the cafe, and around 30 minutes for the outdoor walk around (the mound).

5.  The mound not being the original mound?  Well....that's part of the story....over the years, local farmers basically took it down.  So it's been reconstructed here in the past 30 years.  

6.  In terms of Hessen places to go see?  I'd rate it in the top 20 locations in the state.  I will admit though....it is way out of the way and some towns along the way look like they did in the 1970s.

7.  Don't waste any effort bringing a 7 to 10 year old kid to this.  Maybe the 14-year old kids with interest in the Celtic traditions/history.....might get into this whole discussion.  

8.  Finally, for whatever reason, there is a serious amount of lady bugs in this area.  Sitting at the cafe, I probably had 200 land on me in a 20-minute period.