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The Mighty Rhine™  

05/07/06 - Oberwesel, Germany (Rhine Valley & Bruges photo album)

Arriving at our castle hotel where we'll spend three days in the Rhine Valley

 

Guten Tag!  Here we are in Germany... We came even after spending three weeks in places where bitter sentiment toward the Germans seems to linger (apparently there was some fracas involving the Germans like 60 or 70 years ago).  After a rather unexciting train ride through Bonn and Cologne, we took the riverside train down the Rhine from Koblenz to our castle (The Hotel Schoenburg) in Oberwesel.  Although the river is quite scenic along the train ride, our favorite view is from our castle-hotel-room window overlooking the Rhine.  We currently think that the commanding view of The Mighty Rhine from the castle perched high atop a hill is worth the hike up to the castle, but we'll see how that plays out after a few days...  Apparently everyone drives here in Germany!  Who knew?!  Evidently they make their own little German cars here - how cute!  Nary a Chevy to be found.

 

The room is nice and castle-y, complete with fun features like hidden wall compartments for the TV (behind a painting) and closet (hinged mirror), and our favorite, a window from the bathroom to the bedroom.  After settling in, we took a 20-minute riverboat ride to dinner in St. Goar (schnitzel & sauerkraut, of course).  Tomorrow we set off early for our Mighty Rhine river cruise.

 

The Mighty Rhine™ has been verbally trademarked by Caroline for the duration of our stay here in Germany

As in the middle ages, the window accessible toilets in our castle boast convenient telephones