"How do a bunch of people with hand tools build all this?"

"The same way they built the pyramids, or the Great Wall of China."

"Aah. The aliens helped them."

That is probably my favourite part of National Treasure; I just about fell off my seat I was laughing so hard the first time I saw it. But it's a good question - and one that I asked myself the other day. For a very good reason:

strong like bull

I mean, it's quite obvious that I would easily be able to hold up that ridiculously enormous rock by myself... But I'm spiffy like that. Thousands of years ago though... sheesh!

My host family and I took a trip onto the Military base a couple weekends ago to visit the Siebensteinhäuser - aka. the Seven Stone Houses. There are actually only five houses, and they're actually graves... but still.

stone graves from 2300 B.C.

Here's an aerial view of two of the graves.

This shot gives you just a little bit of perspective of just how stinkin' big these rocks are!

cheese!

The best host family EVER:

peek-a-boo!

Afterwards we went to an Antique Café for a piece of cake and a cup of coffee. They're quite neat little places, pretty much everything in the store is for sale: the tables, the chairs, the paintings, the candlesticks...

And that is how we spent a rather wet and chilly Saturday afternoon. Good times :)

Cheers,
Sandy