Rothenburg Adventure

 

We went to Rothenburg for the day.  Elder and Sister Wing went with us.

It was a rainy day, but we still had a great time.

It is about a 2 hour drive.

The first thing we had to do was eat lunch.

 

 

My hot chocolate was wonderful!

 

Elder J had bratwurst with kraut and he loved it.

I had schnitzel with fries.

It is a beautiful little city.

This is a famous place in the city for taking pictures,

because of the cute little house in the background.



 

I am standing in front of my favorite stores

Kathie Wolfahrt Christmas store.

Actually there are 4 of them in this one city!

We made it home safely, and I took a picture of

the trees turning red.  I am standing on our little deck.



It had been raining for most of the day,

then this beautiful rainbow appeared!

 

Burg Eltz

 We are driving to Burg Eltz.

We went to this Castle 13 years ago and loved it.

Elder and Sister Wing went with us.

Driving through the city just before getting to the Castle.

You have to park your car and then walk to the Castle.

There is a shuttle bus that will take you and the cost is 2 Euros.

We decided to walk because it was a beautiful day.

 This Castle is from the 1100s

and has been owned the entire time by the Eltz family.

The family still comes to the Castle as a summer home

and lives in an area in the back of the Castle.

 Inside the court yard and the walk to get inside the Castle.

There is a cost of 9 Euros p/p for the tour which was in English.

Inside the court yard while we were waiting for the tour to begin.

I took these two pictures in the first room,

until our tour guide said we couldn't take pictures.



We ate bratwursts and fries in the court yard,

then walked on a pathway back to our car.

We love the Castle

and it is a must for anyone visiting Germany to see it.

Elder Jacques had a phone call from a Mission President,

so he had to call the Missionary before we could start our journey home.

We had a great day!

 

Trip to the Rhine River

We drove to Rudesheim am Rhein  and

walked around the town.

 We then started driving down the Rhein River

stopping in villages along the way.

 As we started having lunch in a little village,

Elder J got a phone call from a Mission President.

He then went to a quiet bench and called the Missionary

who need some help.  I sat and waited for our lunch.

There are so many castles along both sides of the river.

 There were lots of celebrations along the river.  

This town even had a great "um pa pa" band.

 This cute little car was in front of us driving down the other side

of the river.  There was a driver and a kid riding in it.

 We stopped and decided to hike up to a castle.

 It was a straight up walk.

Inside the castle was beautiful.

There were many floors and rooms we could wander in.

 This is the view of the river from the castle.

 Not sure what this room was ... but there were some 

bones that looked like legs sticking out.

 This is the kitchen.

The walkway from the road.

This was a narrow staircase up to the top of the castle.

 Dad refused to walk with me ... I understand way ...

It was scary!

 Dad is taking a picture of me!

We made it back down from Burg Rheinstein,

and then headed home.