Summer to Winter overnight.

We were still having summer temperatures late last week until Hurricane Sandy passed by. Now we are having record lows. We finally turned off the A/C last week and now have to light a fire for warmth!

Frankfurt Airport Hilton

This hotel is built to look like an ultra-modern cruise ship complete with gangways and portholes along the bottom. And it's no where near water but sandwiched between 2 freeways.

Time to leave and return home

The Goble family were wonderful hosts answer bid them goodbye...

Statue of Spirit of Germania on the Rhine river

Castle Jugendburg Stahleck

This castle in Bacharach has been converted into a youth hostel. My favorite feature was the dragon rain gutterspouts.

A boat ride on the Rhine

Chip looks great in his new German Hunter's Fedora as we embark on our journey on the Rhine River.

Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett Museum

Our first stop today was a museum in Rüdesheimer of old mechanical musical instruments dating from 1780 to 1930.