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Jim assembling his bike in airport. |
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Me, assembling my bike under escalator. |
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On train to Mainz, where we hope to find a place to stay. |
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Picture of a bike car. |
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Found a place to stay - now what? |
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Jim re-inflating his bike tires to explore Mainz. |
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Jim in the Dom in Mainz, home of Gutenburg. |
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Our first real view of the Rhine, toward dusk our first day in Germany. |
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Second day, on the train to Bingen where we'll start ouur bike trip. |
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Asking directions in Bingen (Jim's smattering of German helped). |
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Taking a picture of the National Monument on the Rhine. |
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A stop at the castle Rhinefels. |
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A view of the Rhine from the castle. |
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Ruins of castle Rhinefels. |
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Another view of the Rhine, looking South or upriver. |
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From the castle, looking North or downriver. Note the castle in the distance. |
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Our first night on the road, outside of Koblentz. The two rooms upstairs in the picture were hot! |
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Dinner on the veranda overlooking the Mosel river. |
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Day three, on the road from Koblentz to Burg Eltz, along the Mosel River. |
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Burg Eltz, one of the few remaining intact castles. |
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Hiking the trail to the castle, about a 45-minute walk. |
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View of the castle. |
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Inside the castle. |
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Another view of the castle grounds. |
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Our hotel for the third night. Cochem was full, so we settled for this place in Velvig a few miles outside of town. |
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Large room (four beds) in our hotel. |
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A view of the castle, back in Cochem for dinner. |
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Jim looking for free wine samples. |
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A side street in Cochem. |
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Last view of Cochem as we head back to our hotel room. |
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Jim looing for the winery that produced the wine he sampled the night before. |
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Found it! |
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We were given a tour of the small, family operated winery. |
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Continuing along the Mosel on day four. View is of a ferry crossing the river. |
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We hoped another train, past Trier and down to Saarburg on the Saar River. |
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A view of the water wheels in Saarburg. |
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Another view of the town and water works. |
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Day five, heading north up to Trier, we stop at a set of locks. |
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Two boats in the lock. |
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The Porta Nigra, the old Roman gate in Trier. |
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A view from the gate along the Simeonstasse, the old Roman main street, toward the marketplace. |
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The Cathedral from Cathedral Square. The inside was huge! |
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The Cathedral and Church of Our Lady. |
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The gardens in front of the Electoral Palace. |
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The Electoral Palace. |
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The Imperial Baths in Trier. |
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A view of Market Square in Trier. Note the half-timbered houses. |
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No rooms in Trier so we spent the night in a hotel outside of town. We're eating breakfast at the hotel. Note my wound from my fall the night before. |
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We caught another train, to Luxemburg City, to ride back to Trier. |
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One of the many decorated cows, with the Royal Residence in the background. |
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A view of the bridge we were about to take out of town back to Trier. |
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A break in Luxemburg on the route back to Trier. |
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While Jim headed to Heidleburg, I enjoyed a four bed hostel room, all to myself (that's a Fanta I'm drinking!) |
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The hostel in Trier, taken the next morning as I was heading back to thhe airport. |
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The bicycle car on the train back to the airport. |
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And finally, packed up, trying to get home. |
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