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Tag: Rhine
Why Is It so Beautiful at the Shores of the Rhine?
🎵 Because the girls are jolly and spry, and the throats of the boys are dry! 🎵🎵
Warum ist es am Rhein so schön
Am Rhein so schön?
Weil die Mädel so lustig
Und die Burschen so durstig.
The Middle Rhine is a narrow valley with towns and villages at the banks of the river and steep hills on both sides, roads on either side and train tracks too.
The River Rhine at Nierstein
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.
I’m a Fan of Ferries
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 German Corner
And now lets mix Rhine wine and wine from the Moselle and see what happens…
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Coalesce
Worms’ view
The town on the left side of the river Rhine is called Worms which should explain the title. It used to be just one bridge (the right one) but traffic between the state of Hesse and the Palatium had become so much that they added the left one a few years ago and made each a one way bridge. I’ve just read that the older bridge dating back to 1953 has to be replaced in the next few years as renovation is not possible. However, only the part that actually crosses the water needs to be replaced, the new bridge will fit seamlessly with the old parts on either end. A perspective to look forward to.
My Square Perspective no. 21 is linked to The Life of B.
The bridge on the River Rhine
Covered bridges are not common in Germany. This one is in Ketsch, it crosses to an island formed by the river canalisation in the 19th century, a nature reserve. It was built in the 1990s.
And I think there was some hand touching in the picture.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Pick a topic from this photo
Hold on!
From Koblenz there is a cable car across the Rhine leading up to the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. For an even better view a huge viewing platform has been constructed up on the hill plateau.
And contrasting this rather large construction, here is a little detail on how to beautify rails – also close to the Rhine but in Düsseldorf.
Linked to the Friendly Friday Photo Challenge: Rails.
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