Today we took a cruise up the Rhine river from Bingen to St. Goar. We saw about a dozen castles on the hills on either side of the river. The many towns lining the river were quaint and even though most were small, they had beautiful churches. One of the highlights was a rocky cliff called Loreley. German legend claims that there was a gorgeous siren who would sing from the cliffs luring sailors to their doom.
Before the 2 hour boat ride, we walked around the town of Rudesheim. There we looked in many tourist shops (lots of cuckoo clocks, nutcrackers, and beer steins.) We had lunch in a small biergarten with a large bell clock. Our lunch sampled many foods of the region - duck with wine grapes, wild boar ham, and cheese marinated with Riesling, apples, and hazelnuts.
We rode the train back home to have an excellent dinner. Ursula's dad made rotisserie beer chicken and we had (German) potato salad. For dessert we are having her mom's famous cheesecake. Yummy!
I was content to miss the food until you described it, now I'm envious! These entries add a lot to the pix! Give Emma a hug from ML
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, Joanna! I'm so glad you were able to have such fun with your friend and acclimate to the time change at the same time! Missing you, KMa.
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