This week’s post is a special one for both me and my oldfashioned German to English dictionary. What’s the translation for a medieval object that’s neither a fortress, nor a palace and not really a castle as well? In German it’s called “ein Schloss” which makes the search for the correct English term and translation even more tricky because “ein Schloss” also means “a doorlock” in English. One more English word I’ve freshly learned today is “a moat”. Something that’s also surrounding “the object” on the photo, even though its existence is only slightly hinted behind the bushes. I guess I’ll play it safe this week and will say the following: What you are seeing here is a typical Austrian “Chateau” of the late 1100s and that is surrounded by a traditional “moat” that’s filled with water! Et voilà, that’s exactly what it is and what I’ll say!