Thanks to the RAF visiting in March 1945, 90% of this old city dates from the late 1940s having been painstakingly rebuilt.
Given Germany update and replaster all their old buildings it’s hard toRead more
Thanks to the RAF visiting in March 1945, 90% of this old city dates from the late 1940s having been painstakingly rebuilt.
Given Germany update and replaster all their old buildings it’s hard toRead more
Thence by small cable car to the viewpoint on the hill with the 38m statue of Germania - installed in 1871 to celebrate the birth of the German nation/empire. Hitler did a gig here in 1933 too - theRead more
Decided we’d feel all young again by staying in the gardens of the abandoned youth hostel, overlooking the town and a large sweep of the Rhine.
Morning walk through the deserted town, looking atRead more
A viewpoint overlooking a large sweeping bend in the Rhine.
A morning visit to the ruins of Schloss Rheinfel in Sankt Goar. Great views from the top of what was originally a 13th century castle, later expanded by various Counts until Napoleon did for it andRead more