Pottenstein: Teufelshöhle

Hey everyone! Sorry I've neglected my blog for the past three weeks. I don't really have a great excuse except that I was in a funk and didn't have much motivation. But I'm back with a new post about our day trip exploring Tuefelshöhle, also known as The Devil's Cave.

Back in October, Nick and I decided to go back to Pottenstein with some of his friends to explore the Devil's Cave since we weren't able to see it last time we visited. Before we went to the Devil's Cave, we stopped at a restaurant in Pottenstein called Gasthof Schüttersmühle, better known as Steak on a Stone. The restaurant is pretty popular with the soldiers in our area because of their famous meal that features a sampler of diverse meats including ostrich, bison, kangaroo and alligator that you cook on a hot stone. They also have other "normal" meat options as well. Nick had been talking about how he was dying to eat at the restaurant so we decided to get lunch there. I'm not very adventurous when it comes to food so I played it safe and ordered salmon but Nick ordered the sampler featuring the variety of meats. The kangaroo and bison were his favorites! 

After lunch, we headed to the cave and arrived just in time for the next tour to begin. Score! The Devil's Cave is a cave that features an array of limestone formations and is believed to be over 300,000 years old! Isn't that just crazy to even imagine? Inside the cave you can listen to a voice recording in German and English that explains the history of the cave and the details of the areas you walk through. One of the amazing things we saw inside the cave was a skeleton of a bear. I'm not sure how old the skeleton is but I'm sure it's quite old since everything else in the cave is ancient. The cave was extremely dark and we were allowed to take photos, but unfortunately flash wasn't allowed. Photos were taken with my iPhone so I apologize for the grainy quality.

I found our visit to Teufelshöhle to be interesting and exciting. I had never visited a cave before and to see such fascinating limestone formations and learn about the history of the cave was very intriguing to me. If you have a hard time walking long distances or are claustrophobic then you might not enjoy this cave but if you aren't, I would definitely check it out if you ever visit Bavaria!