On Saturday afternoon, we got train tickets to ride from Koln to Rudensheim. After some glitches in figuring out the HBF trains, we finally made our way to Koblenz (see next post), switched trains, then rode on to Rudensheim. The pictures aren't great since they were taken at dusk from inside a brightly lit (and moving) train with dirty windows, but it gives you an idea of the things we saw, even if there are glares and blurs!
View from one of the train platforms along the way.
Houses on the hillside.
Excited to see my first castle!
Here's another!
And another!
For the second half of our trip, the train followed along the Rhine so we could look across and see the villages on the opposite shore.
The light structure on the right is a castle overlooking a village. As a defense strategy, the castles were usually built up on a bluff...
...or in the middle of the river.
It was a fun ride and I am so glad we had the opportunity to spend an afternoon seeing some amazing sites!
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