SATURDAY, 11 MAY 2103

CASTLES, CASTLES, AND MORE CASTLES AND A MASSIVE CATHEDRAL

The weather today is not great. The original plan was to take the K-D riverboat down to Bacharach tomorrow, but we decided to do it today, because the forecast looked better for today. This part of the Rhine River is called the middle Rhine and has quite of few castles up on the hills. Most of the medieval castles were destroyed by the French, but the German people rebuilt many of them in the 1800’s. Today some stand unattended, some are museums, and others are hotels. The sunshine and blue clouds came and went, as did some short little downpours.

Many Germans set up a semi permanent camp

going to a Rennaiscance fair

waiting for the train back to Cologne

We got off in Bacharach and took the train back to Koblenz and then onto Cologne to see the cathedral, which stands right outside the train station. It is MASSIVE to say the least—probably the biggest I’ve ever seen. The inside is beautiful as well. The good news is, the sun came out along with some nice blue sky.