Day 2 in Frankfurt. Today was an odd day in terms of weather. In the morning, it seems like the rain was going to grace me with its present. So, I wore semi warm clothes. That proved to be a bad mistake. Today was the hottest day. My tour guide/friend said that it was quite warm for this time of year. I guess I bought the Hawai’i weather with me. My friend said that the Germans has a saying, “the weather is never inappropriate, but the clothing people wear are inappropriate.” Needless to say, i was one of those people.
The Rhine river is about 30 minutes from where I’m staying. The seeing of the Rhine was an all day affair when you take into account all the scenic stops along the way.
The Rhine river is 766 miles (1,233 km)
long. I didn’t get to see all 766 miles of it, but the miles I’ve seen was magnificent.
The first stop on the Rhine was a famous town ( which I can’t pronounce nor remember the name to save my life). The narrow streets was filled with stores with things you don’t really need, but compelled to buy. There where a lot of Christmas theme stores, which was quite nice.
I continued my way up the Rhine, which seemed to undergoing construction to widen the road for a bike lane. There were a lot of bikers (pedal and motorized), which seems like a nice, but dangerous thing to do.
There were a lot of castles. Some are ornamental and others are actual working hotels or youth hostels. Personally, I think staying in a castle is cool, but I imagine the rates to be alittle pricey.
The coolest castle on the Rhine is the one on its own island. From the street, it seems to be a small castle, but if you look closely, compared to the John Deere tractor, it’s quite big. For what I understand, there used to be a chain across the river. Any ship that wants to cross that chain must pay a toll.
The Lorelei rock is huge, even driving proved to be a tad dangerous, because of the steep sharp turns. The reefs and rapids made it extremely dangerous for ships to pass this point. There is a legend, that a siren called “Lorelei” bewitched the hearts of the sailors and when they looked up to the rock, their boat crashed and they sank.
After a short ride across the Rhine on a ferry, that’s where the party was at. This side of the river was filled with shore front restaurants and winding roads.
On the search for some gyros, I stumbled upon a medieval festival, which totally looked like one of those capital one commercials. Because of this festival, the usual quiet sleepy town was busy, crowded, and lively.
I loved all the cool costumes. It put Hawai’i's festivals to shame.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a gyro place, but I settled for a burger (only because all the wurst was sold out due to the fair).
The Rhine river is a must see. If you love driving around and seeing buildings, this is right up your alley. If you are one of those crazy bicycle riders, the Rhine is perfect for you. If you get car sickness easily, take some Dramamine. You’ll thank me later.
Okay, peeps. I’m off for a bike ride. I’ll see you later for day 5 (day 3 in Frankfurt).
I really like the architecture shots, enjoy the bike ride. a hui hou
Thanks! It was really hard to get the right angles, but I’ve been lucky thus far.
Bike ride was super enjoyable. i wished Hawai’i had better bike lanes. Oh well, maybe one day, right?
How was Venus? Was is glorious? I wished I was there.
Greetings from Tuscany.
We had great weather for the transit. I’m envious, the variety of absinthe looks fantastic. Keep living the good tourist life! Aloha
Absinthe was all the rage in Berlin. I’m not too sure why, but it was. There was a bar just for absinthe. The mango one (for what people told me) was sooooo good. I don’t really like licorice, so I can’t really taste the mango flavor. LOL
You’re riskin’ it for a biscuit and ridin’ the bike eh? Hehehehe. Good luck, be safe! Hope you find yourself more brats or a gyro soon. The buildings are amazing and I’m loving getting to see the Rhine through your eyes!
LOL It was quite crazy to be biking around town, but it was so much fun. I think I feel off the bike twice, but that’s because I wasn’t confident enough to “hop” back onto the sidewalk. My friend, Ron, said that I “french fried”, when I should’ve “pizza”. I guess he meant that my tire was along the side walk like a french fries, but I should gone across it like a slice of pizza. LOL What a funny saying.
Greetings from Tuscany
Looks amazing!!!!
Truly was! I felt like I stepped back into time. LOL
Greetings from Prague.
So beautiful! Making me want to visit Germany!
Germany was great. I had this view of Germans as mean, but I never encountered one. Everybody has been kind and forgiving with my lack of German. LOL Thus far, I love Berlin. You should check out Berlin.
Greetings from Prague.
Wow the scenic pics are epic…it is one of the reasons I wanna travel just the chance to feel the history, the lore, and see the sights. Keep up the wanderlust…gotta live vicariously through you since it will be a more then a few years before I make it to Europe. Thanks for sharing with us.
We went to a Goth bar in Berlin. Man, it was so cool, you would’ve liked it. The tables were coffins and parts of the floor had a thick glass panel with a fake (well, I hope it’s fake) skeleton. Our pub crawl guide was a goth chick, she was bigger than you, too. OMG, she was a lot of fun and full of information.
Greetings from Prague.
love all the pics; keep ‘em coming.
You got it, girl! LOL
Greetings from Prague
Everything alone the Rhine is gorgeous! I want to take pix!!!! LOL on the renaissance fair outshining any Hawaiiwan festival. I’ve actually never been to a renaissance fair here in the US
This renaissance fair blew any Hawaiian fair out of the water. Ya, our fairs are bigger than this one, but the one thing that is different is the whole town’s participation. Most of them for dressed up, it was quite cute.
Greeting from Berlin.
This is the kind of post series that should get freshly pressed, Jen… It’s awesome. Off to read more, thanks for sharing this with everyone!
*blushing* It would be nice to be pressed, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon. One day…soon, I hope. Who do I have to bribe to get on freshly pressed?!? LOL