Nierstein is known for its hills of red soil, made up of clay and sandstone, which makes for famous wines – and a splendid view.
The view from the Red Slope.
Tag: Rhein
Water, Water Everywhere in June
This post will be linked coming Monday to Jez’ Water, Water Everywhere Challenge. Surging: The Andernach geyser is the highest cold-water geyser in the world, reaching between 30 and 60 metres. A cold-water geyser surges up similar to a hot-water geyser, except that CO2-bubbles drive the eruptions … Continue reading Water, Water Everywhere in June
An Earthly Wine Melt
Rhein and Mosel: two streams that each has travelled through major wine growing country before they meet here, at the “Deutsche Eck”, the German corner, in Koblenz.
I was up in a cable car and against the sun so my pictures don’t show the amazing spectacle that the blue-greyish water of the Rhein conflates with the brownish water of the Mosel (probably due to bad weather further to the west).
A Week of Threes
The flooding during the last weeks have reminded me when we were in Düsseldorf on the banks of the river Rhine a few years ago. The banks were overflown then but the waters didn’t reach dangerous levels.
Last week was grandson visiting time and we went for an excursion with our bike, taking the train first and then cycling back. It’s not a great photo by any means but it was the beginning of a wonderful day.
We also went to the zoo in Heidelberg.
There were three elephants
and a large number of flamingoes – but these three were obliging to pose for Thursday Trios.
A German Corner
And now lets mix Rhine wine and wine from the Moselle and see what happens…
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Coalesce
Meeting on the Rhine
There is no coast closer than a 5 hours drive from here. But a one hour drive at the weekend got us to Mainz on Saturday, very close to the place of the confluence of rivers Rhine and Main (despite the spelling, they actually rhyme).
Besides seeing friends again (how we had missed that!) and running and walking and chatting, we saw ships going by. Sometimes two of them meeting in the middle of the river.
It quietened down towards evening, and then HE came along:
The HE 7 is the patrol boat of the Hesse river police, stationed in Wiesbaden.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: On the Coast
