Month: June 2020

Eltz Castle!

Today we visited the Castle of Eltz – one of the most spectacular medieval castles in Germany, very well known and a favourite with photographers too. We parked at a hill to the south of the castle, where we could also stay overnight with the caravan. From here a circular route leads you to the …

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Devils Gorge

Narrow gorges and crevices, overgrown with moss and lichen, huge rock towers, mighty stone blocks with bizarre weathering forms – a wild, original landscape we went to explore near Ernzen, close to the border of Luxembourg. Our tour led us through the Devils Gorge down to the river Prum and up to another part of …

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@ Luxembourg

We were so close to the border, we couldn’t resist a short visit to the capital of Luxembourg. We had found a parking a little bit outside from where we walked maybe 20 minutes into the centre. We got a map from the tourist information which had a tour on it to see the important …

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@ Völklingen Ironworks

Today our program was not about nature or historic towns, but to explore the industrial monument of the Völklingen Ironworks – an historic landmark of German engineering and an Unesco World Heritage Site. In 1883 Carl Röchling started to produce iron at the river of the Saar. He implemented new technologies like the Thomas procedure …

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@ Heidelberg

Heidelberg lies at the river Neckar shortly before it flows into the Rhein. The town is very well known for its university and dominated by the ruins of the castle. We had parked near the castle and walked from there through the park into the centre. Due to the opening hours we visited the castle …

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