Who would’ve thought to have put a castle in the middle of the river? And more importantly why? I guess because they can! This was definitely the highlight of the cruise… I never expected to see a castle actually built right in the middle of the river… guess the good thing is that they didn’t have to build a moat
31
Jul
Yet Another Castle On A Hill On The River Rhine
There must’ve been literally dozen’s of castles on the river Rhine. The good thing is that many of them are very different… I guess it depends on when they were built. The best thing about this one is that it has vineyards going right down the side of it
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31
Jul
Old Church On The Rhine
We spent about 8 hours on the cruise ship up the Rhine. From memory this old church was at about the halfway point… just after an awesome lunch and even more awesome dessert
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30
Jul
The Two Brothers Castles
If my memory serves correct (and there’s a good chance it doesn’t!) this was one of the two castles belonging to two feuding brothers. This one built his castle on the lower ground so his brother might’ve had a bit of a tactical advantage?!?
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30
Jul
Crumbling Old Castle
Quite a few of the castles were falling apart… guess some of them might’ve been damaged in the war or maybe they’re just getting old?
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30
Jul
Another Good Reason To Go To The Rhine?
There were vineyards everywhere!!! Cruise ships, castles, wine! What more can one ask for
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30
Jul
Big White Castle On The Rhine
Pretty impressive huh? This was probably one of the best castles we’d seen up until this point… definitely need to come back and re-visit this area in more detail
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30
Jul
More Castles On The River Rhine
Yeah there’s gonna be a heap of these photos… there was a castle every couple of kilometers along the Rhine.
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30
Jul
They Do Things A Little Different Over Here?
Found this a little different… there was like an old school factory sitting on the Rhine river. They had a yard full or different types of rocks in different piles that they used ships to ferry up the river. I guess they could’ve been exporting them but over here in Australia you’d expect to see trucks hauling these out?!?
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