Trendelburg Castle: The Real Rapunzel Tower

Trendelburg Castle, located in central Germany, has been credited as the inspiration for the Brothers Grimm’s vision of Rapunzel. Malorie’s absolute favorite stop on her adventure down the Fairy Tale Route was Trendelburg Castle. Listen to this episode where Michael and Malorie discuss Germany, electric cars, and nonsense. My name is Malorie Mackey, and I’ve always had a strong passion for everything dorky and unusual. My adventures have taken me from working as an editorial writer for various travel platforms to volunteering on scientific expeditions around the world. I’ve found that the character of a location can be found in…

Chapters

• (00:00:06) - Weird World Adventures: The Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
• (00:01:15) - Weird World: Going to Germany
• (00:02:11) - The Story of Rapunzel and Her Tower
• (00:04:24) - The Real Reality of Having an Electric Car
• (00:10:48) - How to Charge an Electric Car
• (00:14:39) - "The Electric Car Experience": Unplanned Chaos
• (00:15:18) - The Fairy Tale Castle
• (00:20:31) - German kids learn fairy tales
• (00:24:06) - Dumb Questions About Fairy Tales in Germany
• (00:26:12) - Puppet Dinner at a medieval castle
• (00:27:50) - Muppin The Fairy Tale
• (00:31:36) - A Song of Ice: The Replacement Knight
• (00:32:34) - Marian Tyrell on The Tyrells
• (00:33:01) - Dancing on Game of Thrones
• (00:34:06) - Weird World: Romulus and Remus