Now it is Sunday morning and the weather is not very good at all. It is extremely dark and cloudy, so Dad and I decided to not do the river cruise and I am so glad we decided not to. Instead we drove the car to Rudesheim and headed north on the east bank of the Rhine. It took us about an hour to get to our first destination and Dad kept asking me what we were going to see and why we were driving through the "bush" of Germany (didn't want to tell him it was actually a park :-)). I told him that he would see lots of great things today and to just enjoy!
Our first stop was ...Niederwalddenkmal. What is that? It's a 125 foot monument overlooking the town of Bingen and Rudesheim up on the top of the mountain range. It was built in 1883 and is now a UNESCO site. It is made up of 3 statues - 1 Germania on top, 1 angel of war and 1 angel of peace. Guess what? - Dad was impressed...
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| Angel of War |
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| Angel of Peace |
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| At the base of the monument |
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| The Germania at the top |
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| "So what do you think Dad?" |
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| A selfie... |
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| View of Bingen from the monument (a grey day) |
Because I have so many photos of the 2nd day in the Rhine, I will send numerous posts....
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