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Sailing the Rhine(2019)
From Koblenz to Mainz
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October 2019
Marksburg Castle the only castle on the river that was never attacked in its entire 700 year history.
Sailing past in 2019
Exploring the interior in 2012
Grandsons are now in college
Schloss Liebeneck above the town of Osterspai

Sailing past Boppard
We stayed here in 2012
Grandsons here in 2012
The bells from this church woke us up in 2012
Leaving Boppard
Sailing toward the town of Kamp-Bornhofen

Above the town of Bornhofen are the castles of the "hostile brothers"
Legend says they killed each other in the church of Bornhofen

In these photos you can see the "Hostility Wall" that the brothers built between their two castles
Burg Sterrenburg
Burg Liebenstein
Town of Ehrenthal
Grape Vines on Terraces
Sailing past the Thurnberg Castle mockingly named "Burg Maus"
by the Counts of Katzenelbogen whose castle is further along the river
Castle Rheinfels - the largest ruin on the river
We explored the ruin in 2012
Town of St Goar
Burg Katz above the town of St Goarshausen

Steep Loreley Rock of Legend
Loreley Rock and Statue
Closeup taken by someone with good camera
Even the train tunnel looks like a castle
Signal lights show it is save to proceed
Town of Oberwesel
with a medieval tower on the city wall



 
Burg Schoenburg above the town of Oberwesel
Town of Kaub below Burg Gutenfels
Die Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (14th century customs tower) at Kaub
Town of Bacharach and Castle Stahleck
Leaving Bacharach
Sooneck Castle in 2019 (Cloudy Day in Oct)
Sooneck Castle in 2012 (Sunny Day in July)

Burg Reichenstein 2012 (Sunny Day in July)

Burg Reichenstein 2019 (Cloudy Day in Oct)


Rheinstein Castle in 2012
Rheinstein Castle in 2019


Ehrenfels Castle 2012

Ehrenfels Castle 2019

The Maus Tower, originally a customs tower, now a signal tower
Legend says a tight-fisted Mainz Bishop was imprisoned here
and allegedly eaten by mice
By day in 2012
At night in 2019
We sailed by the town of Rudesheim in the evening
We visited here 3 times before
The Niederwald Monument commemorating the Unification of Germany can be reached by cablecar
The photos below were taken in 2012 on a summer trip with family

On a clear day you can see
all the way to France