The Rhinelands!
Trip Start
Jan 25, 2009
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Trip End
May 02, 2009
Bacarach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Our favourite was the first one we visited Marksburg. Not only was it very pretty from the outside, but unlike most of the castles on the Rhine it was never destroyed and had very little done to it, so it still has a very medieval interior. In our three days we also visited the Rhinefels ruins, which are ruins of the biggest castle built on the Rhine. Although it is only ruins it gave a good sense of the immensity of the castle and how imposing it would have been. The third castle we saw was in the Mosel valley, Burg Eltz. The best bit about this castle is that you can walk up to it from the train station through a lovely forest. It was a nice foggy morning, like every day we were in the Rhine, and the forest looked beautiful and green.
Itīs been a lovely time of year to visit Germany. Weīve had lovely fine weather everyday and all the spring flowers have started to come out. Iīve especially been enjoying the tulips!
Aside from the castles the Rhine is also filled with lots of cute little towns with the stereotypical half timbered German houses. As many of you will know the Rhine is also famous for its Riesling, one of my favourite types of wine, and we took the opportunity to drink our share. In fact I even went so far as to agree to stay at a winery in the Mosel valley! The Rhine was very good, and surprisingly cheap. Most of it is grown on very steeply terraced hills, which look very labour intensive.
It was Easter while we were here and itīs been interesting to see how much the Germans seem to celebrate it. Lots of people decorate trees with painted Easter Eggs, and at several places we ate or stayed they tried to give us beautifully decorated eggs. Anna has taken about 50 pictures of this for mumīs benefit!
Comments
Very cute
Sounds like you are having a lovely time in Germany. Glad to hear it. I'd love to see some photos at some point.
Louise Brown
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