Deutsche Abenteuer: July 2010

A couple weeks ago, my friend Julia and I rented a car and took a road trip up the Rhein to see some castles and visit one of my friends in Bad Godesberg. It was amazing and definitely one of the best weekends I've had here yet. We drove on the Autobahn - most places actually do have a speed limit, but it's about 80 mph, and in the few places that don't have speed limits people go faster than 90 - climbed up lots of stairs and hills, saw suits of armor, ate Apfelstrudel, rode a ferry (in our car) across the Rhein, ran around the ruins of Rheinfels, bought souvenir bottles of Rhein wine, sang along to Justin Bieber on the road (uh I mean what?), pretended to be princesses and planned our weddings in the rose garden at Rheinstein, drove through countless little towns with blind corners and two-way streets wide enough for one car, learned how gas stations in Germany work (jk, only Julia did that), took tours of castles in German and were excited that we could understand everything, mostly avoided hordes of tourists, and made it home in one piece. All in all it was a very exciting weekend.

Burg Eltz

Marksburg

St. Goar/Loreley

Loreley Statue

The previously-mentioned Apfelstrudel

Adorable resturant in which Apfelstrudel was eaten (outside pictured below)

Rheinfels (castle ruins!)
Note: it would be awesome to come here as a 13-year-old boy with a sword/nerf guns and friends with swords/nerf guns. There were so many fun secret passages to explore and things to climb!