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  Rhine Valley, Germany
Friday, March 28, 2008

My weekend in Cinderella's shoes was most definately a weekend to remeber :) Collette, Colin, and I decided to spend a few days cruising down Rhine Valley in Germany...and this resulted in us spending the night in a castle!!!! Yes, a castle...and it completely rocked! Not only did we sleep in a castle, but we went and visited the supposed most beautiful castle in all of Europe...and they weren't kidding...it was absolutely beautiful! I came to Europe thinking that Germany would be a dark and dreary country..but the Rhine Valley totally disproved my theory. It was absolutely gorgeous...and completely took my breath away! It was sooo liberating to be on top of the hill in the Rhine Valley, and see the river and all the towns laying before your eyes. It reminded me of how lucky I am to be living in this experience now...and the following are some of the pictures of the beauty that I took in on this little adventure.
I hope this blog finds everyone doing well and enjoying spring! I promise once I get my correspondence homework under control to post the rest of the story...so please enjoy the following pictures...and until then.... :)

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All the maps were so "pictoral"	The castle we spent the night in!	500 stairs to the top	The streets of Bacarach
A cute little pub we found	It was sooo quiet in the town	The sign pointing us to our castle	Another shot of Bacarach
The vineyards of Germany	The Bacarach church	The steps leading us to the castle	A church without a roof!!!
The Rhine River...from our castle	More vineyards...the hills were sooo steep	Almost to the castle!	A shot of the Rhine as the sun was setting
We are finally there!	The tower of the castle...it had rooms in it!	Another shot of the castle	Yet another shot of the beautiful Rhine
This person must have an excellent view!	Germany has soooo many hills!	Collette and I...hangin out at the castle	Collette, Colin, and I
The three of us again... now you can see us!	Loving life :)	On the ferry to the lifts!	More vineyards...they were everywhere!
A view of the Rhine from the ferry	A view of the vineyards from the cable car	A view of one of the towns from the cable car	Another view of the vineyards from above
I thought this was very typical here :)	You can kind of see the cable cars..	This doesn't even describe how steep it is	You can see a cable car :)
It was absolutely amazing	Collette and I...being blown by the wind	One small section of the Rhine Valley	This is a typical German farm
It kind of resembles a corn field	Look at the clouds...a beautiful day!	A map of the Rhine River	I thought this was really cool
The statue we took the cable cars to see	It was on top of the cliff	The view from the statue :)	It was huge!!!!!
It was also breathtaking	The detail was amazing	One of the angels on the statue	The Rhine Valley
I was just sooo amazed by the clouds	Collette and I...can you see us?	There we are :)	We were mini compared to the statue!
The cable cars we rode on	The vineyards up close....	A cute little waterfall we found	We even found some ducks
The forest we walked through....	...and the muddy path we trekked up	all to make it to a beautiful castle	I felt like I was in a Disney movie!
After an hour...we finally found it!	It really was beautiful!	Kind of like Cinderella's castle	They were troopers on the path
The siege tower of the castle	The moat surrounding the castle	Almost to the castle....	We finally made it!!! The castle and I :)
The valley from the castle	It was huge...and beautiful..and amazing!	A side view of the castle	The castle center
Another shot of the center of the castle	The entrance to the castle	Someone actually lives in this tower!	Another shot of the moat
Like I said...it was huge!	Good-bye beautiful Germany...

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