"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity..." --John Muir, 1898

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Germany 2014: Bacharach and the Rhine

Our hotel, Pension Lettie, Bacharach.
View from Pension Lettie to Burg Stahleck Castle, Bacharach.
Altes Haus, oldest building in Bacharach.
Town square, Bacharach.
The Mint, Bacharach.
Side street, Bacharach.
Side street, Bacharach.
View from Tall Tower, Bacharach.
Ruins of Werner Kapelle, Bacharach.
Ruins of Werner Kapelle, Bacharach.
Ruins of Werner Kapelle, Bacharach.
Ruins of Werner Kapelle, Bacharach.
View from vineyards, Bacharach.
Burg Stahleck Castle, Bacharach.
Rheinfels Castle and Rhine River.
Rheinfels Castle (with requisite tourist in the way).
Rheinfels Castle.
View from tower, Rheinfels Castle.
Castle along the Rhine.
Castle along the Rhine.
The Loreley, Rhine River.
The Rhine.
Oberwesel and Schönburg Castle, Rhine River.
Burg Eltz Castle.
Burg Eltz Castle.
Burg Eltz Castle.


Start over at Berlin

Germany 2014: Freiburg and the Black Forest

Cottage along the Black Forest trail, St. Märgen
Water spout, Black Forest
Hills and cattle, Black Forest
Cathedral, Freiburg.


Next up: Bacharach and the Rhine

Germany 2014: Füssen


Street in Füssen.
Our hotel, on the right, Füssen.
Hohes Schloss, Füssen.
Hohes Schloss, Füssen.
The Alpsee near Hohenschwangau Castle.
Hohenschwangau Castle.
Lake near Hohenschwangau Castle.
Hotel on the way to Neuschwanstein Castle.
Neuschwanstein Castle.
Neuschwanstein Castle.
View of Hohenschwangau Castle from Neuschwanstein Castle.
Hohenschwangau Castle.
Neuschwanstein Castle.
Courtyard at Neuschwanstein Castle.
Courtyard (unfinished) at Neuschwanstein Castle.
Neuschwanstein Castle.
Neuschwanstein Castle.
View of Neuschwanstein Castle.


Next up: Freiburg and the Black Forest

Germany 2014: Dachau

Gatehouse of Dachau Concentration Camp.

Gate to Dachau, "Arbeit macht Frei," meaning "work makes one free."

Bunker for special prisoners (e.g. Hitler assassins, religious leaders, etc.), Dachau.

Cell door in bunker, Dachau.

Foundation markers of former barracks, Dachau.

Memorial to the victims, created by Nandor Glid, a Jewish holocaust survivor and artist.

Memorial to victims, Dachau.

"Never Again" memorial, Dachau.

Reconstructed bunks in barracks, Dachau.

Crematorium, Dachau.


Next up: Füssen