Rüdesheim, Germania & Assmanshausen

Today, we got up and took the ferry to Rüdesheim, a really cute little town with tons of narrow streets and shops. After walking around in a few stores, we rode a cable car to the Neiderwald Monument, Germania. It's an enormous bronze statue erected between 1877 and 1883 to symbolize German unity. From the monument we hiked through the Neiderwald to a neat lookout and old ruin, then we hiked through a cave maze (very creepy). Once on the other side of the Neiderwald, we rode a very wide open, not-so-safe chairlift down the mountain into Assmanshausen. Another cute town, filled with geraniums spilling out of flower boxes! We finished off the day in Bingen at the Biergarten.

Happy 8th Anniversary to Me & Jules!