21 June 2019
Middle Rhine River Gorge #5
Marksburg Castle
We took a 2.5 hour tour of Marksburg castle (thhttp://www.everycastle.com/Marksburg-Castle.html) this morning after breakfast. It was originally built in 1117.
Top pic was taken from the smoking area of our riverboat where we docked.
Kim going through the caatle's 2nd Gaye. Al lot of steep,uphill walking = ugh!
The main tower of the castle.
For more pics, see above link.
We will be departing here at noon sailing the reminder of the day up the Rhine River past many castles!
20 June 2019
Palace
Schloss ( https://www.google.com/search?q=schloss&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari) on Rhine River in Netherlands (Holland)
Corpus Christie Day in Cologne
Today was a national holiday in Germany = Corpus Christie Day (Https://publicholidays.de/corpus-christi/). All the stores were closed - but cafes, gasthouses, were open. Below are pics of the 1.5-hour parade they had through old town Cologne. Each section of the parade represented various Cologne catholic parishes and "trades" (bakers, plumbers, carpenters, etc).
Cologne Cathedral
Kim in front of cathedral (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral) and side view. Famous for several reliquaries including the bones of the 3 kings that visited Jesus.
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