Rhine Valley near Koblenz

Finally made to Germany, and the Rhine Valley.

Schloss Stolzenfels - Boppard village church and town. Castle Closed
ST Goar -Burg Rheinfels. - Castle closed
Liebfrauenkirche, Oberwesel, - Old Church
Steeger Tor - Bacharach church with Tower
Fähre Niederheimbach - Lorch - Ferry

The Rhine is a long River so we chose just part of it to tour.

To see the Churches and of Course the Castles

The Valley has steep backs so we had to hire for the

Castles but this gave us great views

The Rhine is a busy river

The Castle was the "Schloss Stolzenfels" which

we climbed too only to discover it was closed.

where we dropped don into Boppard Village to have breakfast and explore

Where we found this beautiful church.

Some streets we empty

This Little statue was cute

and the house was Germany

But the church was the high light before

hitting the road again

we saw castles in the distance

we saw Churches that we walked around

Saw the ceilings

and stonework.

And more castle in the distance

Towers and walls

and castles even int he middle of the river

we walked in towns, this one was Oberwesel.

cute street

great homes that are old as

and the streets were loaded with them.

we visited a Church riuns

explored more streets

And escaled the towns.

we crossed the Rhine at a Place called Fahre Niederheimbach - Lorch
And enjoyed a ride on the Rhine

We got close to the Castle in the Rhine

And see tower that we nothing more then water towers.
A Loong day touring the rhine.

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