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Day 1 : Rüdesheim, Assmannshausen, Bingen, Burg Rheinstein, der Rotenfels

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Day one I’ve arrived in Weisbaden, just outside of Frankfurt where I am staying with a lovely friend, Prisca, from my C3 days and the pair of us went out for a cruise on the Rhine, a lunch in a biergarten and then visited the region’s answer to Uluru.

After a short walk in the grounds of Schloss Biebrich just near Prisca’s home, we caught the train to Rüdesheim where we met our boat going downstream to Assmannshausen, turning round to come back via Burg Rheinstein to Bingen where we alighted to meet Prisca’s lovely man who drove us to der Rotenfels (the Red Rock) near Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg. They dropped me back at Hannas Gästezimmer, my wee hotel run lovingly by Prisca’s mum, and I fell asleep watching TV and catching up on the internet (if you don’t read it every day it gets away from you)

The day was overcast, humid and warm, and we were lucky to get to the car before torrential rain, thundershowers and hail descended.

Felt just like home…

Schloss Biebrich

In the grounds of Schloss Biebrich – the folly (if I understand things correctly)
In the grounds of Schloss Biebrich
In the grounds of Schloss Biebrich
Schloss Biebrich
Schloss Biebrich
Schloss Biebrich from the rear

Rüdesheim, Assmannshausen, Bingen, Burg Rheinstein

Boosenbug Castle 12 Century Tower… let that sink in a little…
Boosenbug Castle 12 Century Tower… let that sink in a little…
Rüdesheim Vineyards – wherever there’s space there are vines
Rüdesheim
Rüdesheim
How you can tell it’s for the tourists… waitresses in local garbb
St. Jakobus Rüdesheim
St. Jakobus Rüdesheim
Rüdesheim Station from the Rhine
Rhine Vineyards
Ruins of Ehrenfels Castle
Prisca admiring the Ruins of Ehrenfels Castle
Ruins of Ehrenfels Castle
Ruins of Ehrenfels Castle
Klopp Castle in Bingen (where the town hall is)
Krone Hotel, Assmannshausen
Krone Hotel, Assmannshausen
Rhine Cruise in front of Burg Rheinstein
Burg Rheinstein
Burg Rheinstein
Burg Rheinstein
Burg Rheinstein
Burg Rheinstein
Mäuseturm (Mouse Tower) customs collection tower – 14th century origins!
Mäuseturm (Mouse Tower) customs collection tower – 14th century origins!
Genuine biergarten in Bingen with a happy Dee
Wheat Beer. Yum.
Kartoffelsalat at the biergarten in Bingen
Even the tunnels are decorative (near der Rotenfels)
Prisca and me at der Rotenfels (image by Michael Schoen)
der Rotenfels
der Rotenfels

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