Rüdesheim

We picked up Ha and Erika at the airport in Frankfurt when they returned from a trip to Venice and Firence and took them to Rüdesheim. The town is at the beginning of the romantic part of the Rhine valley with mountains and castles

After a bought our tickets for a 90 minute river cruise there was still some time left for a ice cream

On the ship there it was time for some drinks

After the cruise we took a gondola up a mountain with the monument

Of course a hill always is a good opportunity for rolling around

Erika was itching from the grass after this great idea

Barbara was in the neighborhood as well and had joined us for on the return part of the cruise

The Germania statue

 We walked back to town

The girls had another great idea and walked part of the way in trenches full of weeds

A snack back in Rüdesheim