The Rhine and Moselle rivers and a heap of castles

Well we just had a top weekend driving beside the Rhine and Moselle rivers in Germany and saw a heap of Castles that are alongside both rivers. We started off mid mornig on Friday from the little village where I am working straight down to Koblenz. A quick stop for lunch beside the river and then we pressed on down the Rhine. The river is usually about 100m wide with steep banks on both sides covered in grape vines. Every 2 or 3 km there is a little village and it seems like nearly all of them have either a working or ruined castle perched over it! As there aren't so many bridges over the Rhine, we had to cross the river on a little car ferry which was cool. We stayed the first night in a little walled village called Bacharach.


In the main street of Bacharach


Castle on a hill overlooking the Rhine


Ruins of an old castle along the Rhine

The next day we cruised on over to the Moselle (yep, the wine!) River and spent the afternoon riding bicycles along the river, followed by dinner with a bottle of red! Life certainly is tough here in Germany.

View as you cycle along the Moselle


Moselle River vineyards

Finally on the Sunday we went to a castle called Burg Eltz. Construction started in around 1157 and unlike most of the other castles around there, it has hardly seen any military action and as such is in top condition. It is privately owned, and I imagine privately funded. It therefore had an appropriately high entry price, combined with appropriately disinterested staff (although the tour guide was very good) and appropriately overpriced souveniers! Having said all that, it was quite impressive and it gave me some ideas about building myself a house on a big rock somewhere with nice views..


Burg Eltz


Inspiration for our first house??


Melinda ready to check out Burg Eltz!