Three generations Germany trip (part 2)

jzieglerjziegler Registered Users Posts: 420 Major grins
edited July 14, 2008 in Journeys
This is the second part of my trip to Germany with three generations of my wife's family, for part one, see http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=99222

After seeing a number of castles in the south western part of Germany, we went to the Rhine valley. The first stop was Rhinefels castle, in the town of St. Goar.

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It is one of the largest castle ruins on the Rhine.
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with many ares to explore
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There are many more photos of this castle in my gallery, I had to pick just a few of the many for this.

We spent the entire morning there, even eating lunch in a restaurant there, before going to the town below for a bit of shopping. After that, we went two towns down the river to Bacharach, where we stayed at this hotel
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The hotel is built into the town wall.

The castle in Bacharach
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One afternoon, while walking around Bacharach, all of the traffic in town was stopped
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There were firetrucks and police all in the center of town. We never figured out what the problem was, but everyone got out of their cars and walked around to look.

We went up one of the towers of the town wall, and this is what we saw:
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A view of the town at night. In the background is the oldest building in town.
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The town supermarket, where we bought some good chocolates with liqueur fillings
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A stream running through town, near the hotel
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The town church and the ruins of an old church
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The ruins
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And finally, we took a short cruise on the Rhine to St Goarhausen, across the river from St. Goar and back. On the way, we passed a castle in the river
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The Loreley
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and statue
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Other towns
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Other castles
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Railroad tunnel portals that look like castles
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And went through sleet
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Thanks for looking. Many more photos of the trip are on my site. Part three will come later.

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2008
    These are great !
    Beautiful place ! a must see clap.gif
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  • jzieglerjziegler Registered Users Posts: 420 Major grins
    edited July 14, 2008
    Thanks Awais!

    It was a great trip. Lots to see.
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