Day 11 - Rüdesheim to St Goar (Germany) - Ride the Rhine - CycleBlaze

Day 11 - Rüdesheim to St Goar (Germany) - Ride the Rhine - CycleBlaze

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September 19, 2024

Day 11 - Rüdesheim to St Goar (Germany)

Castle Hunting on the Middle Rhine

Niederwald monument on the hillside above Rüdesheim

We took a chairlift up to the Niederwald monument then hiked a mile and a half back down the hill into town

Crossing the ferry from Rüdesheim to Bingen

We ate lunch at a cafe in Bingen

Our lunch for the afternoon

Me hiking out to a point to see if we could get some better views of a castle across the river

Reflective inlet we hiked past on our way out to better views of the river

Looking north up the Rhine

The Cruzbike posing at a scenic inlet

Selfie looking up the river

Look ma... No hands... at Rheinstein castle

Ellen leaning on one of the walls at Rheinstein

Scenic overlook of the river from Rheinstein castle

A large balcony courtyard covered in grape vines

One of the odd things we've noticed on our trip so far is aside from the occasional heron, swans and ducks, we're not seeing any of the typical critters you'd see popping up near us in the states... foxes, ground hogs and deer. Well I think we just discovered why... Apparently these guys hunted them all down and hung them on their wall here.

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries

Ellen underneath some grape vines growing on one of the castle's balconies

Restroom sign at the castle

Next to one the many Cruise ships docked near Rheinstein

The Cruzbike next to a map of the Middle Rhine

Pointing out our current location on the middle Rhine. We hope to complete this section and make it to Koblenz by day's end tomorrow

Ooooh sandy beach... Get Ellen a towel and some sunscreen

Castles on a hillside in the distance

Kamikaze recumbent charging into Bacharach

Ellen standing at a cute intersection in Bacharach

Another intersection in Bacharach. We were hoping to spend the night in Stahleck castle in this town, (which you can see on the hilltop to Ellen's right), but with our flexible schedule, we didn't want to make many reservations in advance. So by the time we were comfortable we could spend Thursday night in Bacharach, it was already completely booked. So we headed further up the river and stayed at St Goar

Ellen looking over the famous Pfalzgrafenstein castle, which is actually in the middle of the river. It used to serve as sort of a toll gate for this area of the Rhine

It had been a gorgeous weather day for us... temps in the mid 70s w a slight breeze until about 20 minutes before our final destination when we suddenly got pummeled with a surprise shower

We ate at an Asian restaurant in St Goar

Dinner at Asia Kim

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Today's ride: 20 miles (32 km)
Total: 401 miles (645 km)

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