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The town of Miltenberg dates back to 1200.  It is on one the prettiest and best-preserved medieval towns on the Rhine. The bridge over the Main River, built in 1900 survived most of WW II but was blown up by the Nazis in the last month of the war to slow the Allied advance.  It did not … Read more

Site Plan for the Marksburg Castle. And for those of you who do not read German, here it is in English.  The Skunk snuck in  through the Drawbridge Gatehouse after struggling up what seem like 10 miles if uphill road.  Probably was in the neighborhood of a mile.Then up some rough  exposed slate to the Fox Gate.  … Read more

Koblenz The  Rhine River from Cologne to Passau Our cruise took us up the Rhine River and its towns, castles, churches and vineyards. At Koblenz where the Moselle River empties into it, stands Koblenz and the restored Marksburg Castle.  Presented first are the photos taken on the Rhine and then in a separate section our visit to … Read more

This is the Pipe Organ in the Cologne Cathedral that you are listening to. It will run for approximately 2 minutes and then stop or, you can just turn the volume down. The Cologne Cathedral or Kolner Dom, officially known as the High Cathedral of St Peter is a Roman Catholic church.  Construction was started … Read more

Kinderdijk and Windmills We departed Amsterdam on the Viking Long Boat Kvasir.  We were scheduled to be on the Ada; however it got delayed upstream somewhere due to low water. Viking has some great contingency plans and their own fleet of buses as well as numerous brand new longboats.  The Kvasir was launched in Mach … Read more

  Basilica of St. Nicholas Roman Catholic   We found five things in common in every city we visited.  Every one had a City Hall, a palace of some type, a watch tower and at least two churches;  one Catholic and one protestant.   The Main Train Station in Amsterdam.  Photo was taken from our hotel room. Not … Read more

The Texas Skunk was actually a Nevada Skunk for six years before moving to Texas.  He lived in Las Vegas and belonged to back-roads exploring 4X4 club.  These are some of the pictures taken during that period. My Nevada photos were lost in a major computer crash.  Most of these photos are from the collections … Read more