We drove along keeping our eyes open for as many things of interest as possible. The castles in the distance were difficult to make out due to the hazy atmosphere. We passed many along the way but didn't take too many pictures and didn't visit any of them. ( We had really had enough castle tours by this time.)
This Catholic Church was built on an island all of its own. One is required to get there by boat even though it is quite close to the shoreline.
The building at the bottom of the mountain is the train station. The railroad track was parallel with the highway all through the valley. I think this mountain might be the famous Loreley.
The last picture is the road sign pointing the way to the Loreley. Helmut wanted to see the top of this mountain so we drove up through the forest and enjoyed the nice coolness contrasted to the heat in the valley.
Now I am at the end of the pictures on this disc and have to wait until Andrew can upload another disc for me. I have a number more pix of flowers that I can share if he doesn't get the upload made in the next day or so.
2 comments:
Do some of the castles have families living in them, or are they all open for tours? The Salisbury Mansion in Des Moines housed the State Dept. of Educ. for a number of years. They kept a good portion open for tours.
Are all of them kept up pretty well, or do you see some overgrown. Pat
The first castle that we visited Burg Eltz had one building that was still occupied - I'm not sure if it was for offices to run the place or for living quarters. We didn't get to tour that part. Some certainly don't look lived in but others may be. the one at Markt where helmut used to live is occupied and we didn't get to tour inside any of it.
I am sure that the tours bring in lots of money for the upkeep of these castles.
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