Day 2 of Rhine - Lorch, Bacharach, and Gran Sasso

Stahleck Castle

 

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle was a toll castle on the Falkenau island, otherwise known as Pfalz Island in the Rhine river near the town of Kaub.  It was built in 1327.

 

Pfalz



Gutenfels Castle in Kaub



Another view of the Rhine



Schonburg Castle (It's a hotel and restaurant today)

Marksburg Castle (Was once a prison)
It has never been destroyed - its original

 We drove around to Braubach and over a bridge to cross to the west side of the Rhine.  It was about 2pm at this time and we decided to go for a late lunch.  We stopped in a little hotel directly on the Rhine river.

Dining room in the hotel where Dad and I had lunch

If the weather was nicer, we would have ventured out to the deck..

This was a painted wall on the deck

Another wall...

Another wall...



Katz Castle from the deck of the restaurant

Town of St. Goars-Hausen

Then it started pouring rain just as we near the Lorelei rock, the most famous feature on the Rhine river.

 

 

Then we continued onto Oberwesel....



 

Church in Oberwesel

Ox Tower as you enter the town of Oberwesel

We arrived home around 5:30pm after a wet, soggy afternoon.  As it was Father's Day, I asked Dad what type of food he wanted and he said Italian so we went to a little teeny restaurant in Bingen called Gran Sasso.  It was very small with about 8 tables but the food was all homemade.  Dad had spaghetti Bolognes and I had a pizza and brushetta.  Wonderful!  We then headed back to the hotel around 8:30pm and this was the view from my room window...

 

 



Fabulous colors!  The camera doesn't do it justice.