Loreley

... and discovering places, food, and people. Then on to the Rhine River, where history and charm is everywhere. We stay in the village of Oberwesel, with a large castle and vineyards overlooking the Rhine and just down the river from the famous Loreley.

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MONDAY, SEPT. 6   Our flights from St. Petersburg to Frankfurt went as scheduled yesterday. I did learn one tidbit: When I went looking for aspirin or Excedrin in Helsinki's Vantaa Airport for a sinus headache, I learned that in Finland aspirin can ...

... ........ the French) in 1689. It was rebuilt from 1836 to 1842 as a Summer Residence. Currently closed for further renovation. The Loreley (lorelei) is a 132m high slate cliff near the town of St Goarshausen and at this point the the Rhine is 25m deep ...

... to the village of Kaub to take a car ferry across to the west bank of the river as we wanted to see the famed Loreley from a distance. After stopping for a few pictures of the Loreley, we continued our drive up to our planned destination of Boppard where ...

... ways and one right above the town. That evening we watched Deutschland (Germany) beat Argentina in a shootout and walked up to the Loreley statue. The next day we got up early to hike to Burg Maus, the smaller of the two castles on our side (the ...

... Castle, Rheinfels, Cat Castle, Pfalzgrafenstein, Sooneck and Rheinstein, and managed to maneuver uneventfully past the infamous Loreley Rock.  The commentary broadcast from the wheelhouse kept us informed and entertained. Today we passed through and ...

... , a mermaid called Loreley, was sitting on the Rock. She attracted many seamen with her beautiful singing. The seamen were watching Loreley, while she was combing her golden hair. Nobody paid attention to the dangerous rock in the water. So many boats ...

... . In my opinion, St. Goars was by far a better location than Bonn.  St. Goars is close to the famous Loreley Rock which gives it a locational advantage. The Loreley Rock is a German legend. At this point,  the Rhine river,  which ...

... and we made our way up to the front where there is a better view.  We had some wine and passed the Loreley.  This really is a beautiful trip.  There were some American teenage girls with their parents playing with their cell phones the ...

Yesterday we took the boat back up the Rhine River to St. Goarshaus to climb the Loreley cliffs.  The weather was much sunnier than the day before so we were able to get some better pictures of the castles on the way.  The Loreley cliffs are a ...