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2002

Germany

This was in late Jan/Early Feb 2002

	Wiesbaden Town Hall (198Kb) A fairly imposing building. My wanderings around Wiesbaden were basically bright sunshine with 'orrible big clouds going over, as I think this shows quite well.
	Wiesbaden Marktkirche (184Kb) They really go in for the tall and pointy look in the church department here. The thing in the foreground is actually a separate monument.
	Wiesbaden Marktkirche Silhouette (156Kb) The sun is behind the left turret. Also, on the right you can just see the green scaffolding that I managed to avoid in the earlier shot.
	Roman Tablet (273Kb) Part of a bunch of roman stuff just left out on display. This one had the lighting angle just right to catch the lettering.
	Luisenplatz (158Kb) That isn't Marktkirche in the background - it's a different one, St Bonifatiuskirche.
	Kurhaus fountains, Wiesbaden (214Kb) Note the second fountain in the background.
	Kolonnade, Wiesbaden (194Kb) To the right of the fountains, the longest hall in europe supported by pillars. There's a casino inside.
	Kurhaus fountains again (228Kb) This is the back fountain in the above shot.
	Ruedesheim (158Kb) An overview of the village through the morning mist, taken from the path up through the vinyards. That's the Rhine in the background.
	Vinyard (218Kb) Also from the path above Ruedesheim
	Archway, Drosselgasse, Ruedesheim (256Kb) A nicely lit arch with things growing over it.
	Drosselgasse, Ruedesheim (251Kb) Apparently a location for much drinking and revelry. Probably rumbustiousness too, but we didn't see much of that at 10am.
	Klunkhardshof, Ruedesheim (251Kb) Supposedly the oldest building in Ruedesheim.
	Burg Rheinstein (167Kb) One of many many castles that line this section of the Rhine valley on both sides. This place is one of the most castle infested areas on the planet.
	Burg Ehrenfels (165Kb) This one is a little south of Assmanshausen, and quite tricky to get a good photo of. You have to park quite a way away, then walk back along the road to get a view without railway wires in it.
	A fast river (163Kb) It's amazing how fast flowing the rhine is here, given it's width. Boats would flash by going downstream, and take an awfully long time to pass in the other direction. Also, it's rare that you see concrete bits of harbour etc with 1ft bow waves.
	View from Presburg (153Kb) Presburg is a little way away from the rhine, and up a bit, which gives it a reasonable view of the surrounding area.
	Burg Katz (120Kb) The wonderfully named Burg Katz. Just to complete the image, there is a small tower in the middle of the rhine opposite Burg Ehrenfels which is called the Mouse Tower.
	St Goar in Silhouette (68Kb) St Goar is one of the most photogenic of the castles around here, and has some bits still standing (which still function as a hotel) and some in ruins. The appearance completely changes depending on the angle. This shot was taken from the car, believe it or not.
	Burg Stahleck (61Kb) Another from car shot taken as we were driving back to Wiesbaden on the Saturday.
	Schoenburg (144Kb) One of the more mixed looking castles. Clearly built a bit at a time by people with very different ideas of what they were trying to do.
	St Goar side view (143Kb) Taken from the next ridge down, while we were trying to find the way up to the thing itself, and getting lost.
	Marksburg (142Kb) An interesting one this. Of all the castles on the Rhine, this is the only one that has remained undamaged since construction, and hasn't been vastly modified or extended. It's still pretty much as built.
	Old Building in Rhens (202Kb) Rhens is full of these timbered buildings with intricate woodwork built in.
	Old Building in Rhens (169Kb) The date in the wall is so big that we didn't spot it at first.
	Burg Katz from St Goar (187Kb) Having found our way up into St Goar, here's a view of Burg Katz taken from the top. St Goar itself wasn't open yet (too early in the year).
	St Goar roof in sun (172Kb) A nice lighting angle.
	Oberwesel Towers (167Kb) Oberwesel still has good chunks of the city wall intact, of which this is probably the most photogenic bit. The hill behind the town means that most of the town ends up in shade early in the afternoon, with just the towers sticking out into the sun.
	Bacharach Abbey (209Kb) Some nice ruins against the sky.
	Bacharach Altes Haus (223Kb) One of the wibbliest buildings we encountered.
	Bacharach Sky (103Kb) Late evening.
	Stahleck Silhouette (108Kb) Sunday evening, just before we decided that it really was about time to be heading back to the airport.

2002.

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