Thursday, October 18, 2007

Germany, Round 1

FRANKFURT


Old Town


Some random church


Downtown

RHINE VALLEY


View of St. Goar from Rheinfels Castle


Rheinfels Castle exterior


Rheinfels Castle interior


Castle wall


Another exterior shot


Most awesome urinal ever?


Random castle on the Rhine. You pass a ton of these if you travel along the Rhine since each baron wanted to control their own stretch of river during the Middle Ages.


The Loreley, a pretty famous rock formation. Marks the narrowest point of the Rhine.


Wine country


Another random castle


Castle built on an island


The castle in Bacharach

HEIDELBERG


City view from the castle


View of river and lower walls


Ruined part of the castle


Another ruined part of the castle


Walkway to lower walls


Living quarters


Big barrel. I'm carrying everything I own with me in that picture.


Standing next to the biggest barrel in the world

Rothenburg ob der Tauber


Typical Rothenburg street


Looking the other direction


Shot of a tower that's part of the medieval wall


Medieval wall that surrounds the town


Another wall shot with watchtowers


View of the whole town


Pretty impressive wood altar


Shame masks at the Medieval Crime and Punishment Museum


More shame masks


Chastity belts. They look comfortable.

MUNICH


Hofbrauhaus


The skinny asian guy was our waiter. Huge disappointment.


Drinking light beer


Drinking dark beer


Linendorf Castle


Linendorf Castle grounds


Neuschawnstein Castle


Close-up shot. Supposedly this is what Walt Disney used as the inspiration for Cinderella's castle.


View of the Bavarian Alps from Neuschawnstein Castle.

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