Beautiful Bacharach

We are in a little town about an hour away from Frankfurt. It feels like we are in the middle of nowhere - and yet we have Internet :) Bacharach has been a good break from large cities. It's a really quaint place on the Rhine with beautiful buildings interspersed with castles. We walked around some, took a short cruise on the Rhine and explored the Rheinfels castle. Apparently, a picture is worth a thousand words and I don't feel like writing too much today, so I'm going to let the pictures below depict what this area feels like.

View from our room	Castle in Bacharach	Rheinfels Castle	Beautiful Area

Here in Bacharach, we found out that some things don't change. I've fallen asleep on every river cruise we've taken on this trip, and today was no exception. I was oblivious to the medieval castles built along the Rhine a long time ago - for petty landowners to tax merchants using the river to transport their goods - because I was asleep. Luckily it was a round-trip journey and I got to see the sights at least once :) We also found out that some things do change. Manish actually read the guidebook today as he wanted to explore some tunnels that I was too claustrophobic to get into - and he needed directions to make sure that he didn't get lost down there. He also joined facebook and has been glued to it almost all evening.



Tomorrow we head down the Romantic Road into Bavaria. I'm excited about seeing more beautiful castles and scenery along the way. I should be awake as we are traveling by car.