08.19.06
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the ferry across the Rhine |
I finally got a bit of sightseeing in while I was in Germany. We headed out seeking a wine festival (Weinfest) in Rudesheim, Germany - a very touristy little village that's right on the Rhine River. We actually had to take a ferry (in our car) to get across the river! We took a gondola trip up the side of the vineyard-covered mountain to see the view of the Rhine valley and the monument up at the top.
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The Rhine River |
View from the gondola |
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Atop the mountain |
We passed up taking a look in the "torture museum" (for some reason that reminds me of that horrible movie, "Hostel" if any of you guys remember when we watched that...). We window-shopped for a bit, Denny bought a sweet leather cap to go with his capri's, and we sat at a cute little outdoor restaurant and drank local wines and Rudesheim coffee (coffee with brandy). The presentation of the coffee was kinda cool - she poured the brandy in the cups, lit it on fire with a lighter, then added sugar to it while stirring it (still on fire) so it gets nice and hot. Then she blew out the flame, poured in the coffee, added a ball of whipped cream and bon apetit! Ha, or whatever, I'm in Switzerland right now and the languages are really getting to me.
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Tourists |
I don't really understand why, but most of the tourists were old people... they all came in big tour buses and were tasting wine and eating waffles with fruit and ice cream.
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Weingartens and Biergartens |
lots of tourists. Mostly older people. |
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Village train car. Super touristy |
Rent-a-Bike and buy liquor! |
We bought some wine and liquor filled chocolates before leaving and ended the night with dinner in downtown Kaiserslautern. They serve 2 liter glasses of beer there! I got a pizza-type dish except that the crust is realllllly flat and the toppings are more sparse. I totally can't remember the name of it but I put a photo in here. Of course we stopped for ice cream before leaving, you know me.
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Matt and his huge beer |
the pizza thing, yum! |
