We arrived in the late afternoon and after checking into Pension Lettie, we toured the town and climbed to a tower where Richard took this beautiful picture. Tomorrow, we will go on a boat ride and tour the Rheinfels Castle in St. Goar. Double click Pictures for more views of the town.
By the Way - Some of our observations about life in Germany...
- Boy, are they GREEN ! We have seen so many solar panels on the roofs of buildings and homes and even, solar farms of thousands of panels. We are wondering if they have incentives to encourage solar power or whether Germans are more energy conscious than Americans ? Also, we noticed many large wind farms along the roads. See Renewable German Energy. Also, all these bicycles can't hurt.
But do they drive fast on the autobahn - higher speed = lower fuel efficiency!
- Smoking - ugh, it seems like many Germans are still lighting up. In Italy, we rarely saw this and even in France, fewer seemed to have this habit. But here, it continues - but fortunately, it is not allowed in most restaurants and public places.
- The people seem taller. I've seen many women as tall as me and very tall men. Very unusual for us!
- SPARGEL EVERYWHERE! What's that? The country's crop of white asperagus has been harvested. It is only available for one month. We tried it - and it's great! It's not fiberous like ordinary asperagus and they serve it with a white hollandaise sause. We also tried the spargel soup and it was yummy too. We are enjoying the German food more than we thought we would - and the desserts are fantastic. It will definitely be diet time for us when we return to Florida.
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