| AN OLD CASTLE MADE INTO AN INN FOR HIKERS |
All over the land, in the summer time and even in winter, one meets groups of walkers. Children walk with teachers. Older children walk alone. As they walk they sing. They admire their country and learn. They stop overnight in these little youth inns—hotels made especially for boys and girls.
"Some day I am going with a group," said Mitzi. "I am going on hiking trips."
"Not until you are a bachfisch (bäk´fish)," said Fritz.
In Germany a young girl is called a "bachfisch," which means "baked fish."
But not so long ago in Germany girls did not hike and swim and play tennis. But now it is different. Girls are interested in everything, just as they are in America.
The Toymaker family journeyed through Hanau (Hä´nou), home of the Grimm brothers. The children spoke of these two devoted men, who had always worked together. Some of their stories have become famous, as, for instance, "Hansel and Gretel" and "Tom Thumb."
The family moved on toward Frankfurt.