Rain or shine we go to the Rhein

The weather has been beautiful here the past couple of weeks except for one day last week. That one cold, rainy day was the day we went on the rhinecruise. Forgetting our bad luck with the weather, that day was a fun one! We started off heading south to Bingen for our first stop at the Hildegart von Bingen museum. We had just learned about Hildegart in class the day before so it was nice getting to explore the museum and to see things first-hand that we had discussed in class. After the museum and lunch we headed towards the Rhine to meet up with our boat for the cruise. We all did our best to fight through the cold and stay on the deck for as long as possible because the view was beautiful! The river was lined with castles and I enjoyed looking at the landscape. Plus we all tried to forget about the cold and make the best of the situation by singing random songs on the deck together which I’m sure the other tourists enjoyed…maybe. We then docked and headed to Marksburg Castle for a tour. The castle was on top of a tall hill so we had a gorgeous view of the river and surrounding area from one of the towers. This castle also had a cute little chapel and a torture room (which obviously isn’t cute but it was interesting to learn about some of the torture methods that were created in Germany). Altogether it was a great day with everyone on the Rhine!

A few of us in the dress up room in the Hildegart von Bingen museum