Up the Rhine to Koblenz

How We Travelled

Packing

Our airplane, Boeing 747

Bow of Amadeus Princess

Jim and Alice outside the ship

Beginning of Trip: Amsterdam Canal Tour (2013-09-05,06)

Historical ship Amsterdam	Stern of Amsterdam	Amsterdam Conservatory	New opera house
Seven bridges in line	Palace of justice	Film museum

Cologne (Koln) (2013-09-07)

Church building	Tower along the river	Top of tower	Church, from boat
Church, from boat	Cologne cathedral	Cologne opera house	Cologne cathedral towers
A herd of punks are having a bachelor party	The park commemorates the destruction of this area of Cologne in World War 2	Cologne cathedral towers	Nave of church
Cologne cathedral towers	Work area	Bacchus mosaic	Alice before the church door
One of the towers	Entrance to the church	Koln cathedral interior	Side aisle and stained glass window
Nave of church	The auxiliary organ	The main organ, post WW2	Stained glass, adoration of the Magi
The main organ, post WW2	Stained glass, 21st century pixels	Reliquary of the three Magi.	Reliquary, statue of Jesus, stained glass
Reliquary, statue of Jesus, stained glass	Stained glass in the transept	St. Christopher	The auxiliary organ
Jim and Alice in front of cathedral

Koblenz (Confluentes) (2013-08-08)

Here the Rhine flows south to north and the Moselle joins it, flowing from the southwest, from France. The confluence is known as the Deutsches Eck (German Corner).

Fortress of Ehrenbreitstein	Ships on the Moselle river	Four corners	Church of St. Castor
Old Roman wall	3 slabs commemorating (?)	William the Great	William the Great
Fortress of Ehrenbreitstein	Road up to Ehrenbreitstein	Eagle on statue of William the Great	Modern sculpture before Roman wall
Alice with Modern sculpture	Alice and Rita Wong with thumb sculpture	Jim with flower sculpture	Churchyard wall
Churchyard garden	Basilica Minor of St. Castor	Water source with Napoleonic inscription	St. Florin, patron of river boatmen and vintners.
St. Florin	Church towers	Church tower	Water source with Napoleonic inscription
Inscription	Fountain tower	Beggar boy who spits water on you if you don't donate	Beggar boy
Newer church at city wall	Girl chasing ducks	Church of Mary	City well with modern sculpture. Well might be still functional.
Banner commemorating the treaty between Charlemagne's grandsons (in front)	Second city well

Lorelei Passage (2013-09-08)

Numerous castles are found along this narrow gorge. At each, ground and river traffic would have to pay a toll.

Schloss Markburg	Schloss Markburg	Schloss Markburg	Schloss Maus
Schloss Maus	Schloss Rheinfels	Schloss Katz	Schloss Katz

Legend has it that a nymph called Lorelei would sing to lure boatmen to crash on rocks in the river. But she fell in love with one of the boatmen and jumped to her death after he perished.

Statue of Lorelei nymph	Lorelei rock	Lorelei rock	Schoenberg castle
Schoenberg castle	Find out name this castle is on an island in the river.	Another castle in this city	Find out name
Missed the name	Missed the name