2. International Travel

Amsterdam to Bucharest & Transylvania

We explored Amsterdam’s streets, shopping districts and cruised in it's interior canals. We visited the oldest windmill in Kinderdijk the magnificent Cologne Cathedral, castles along the middle Rhine both in ruins and those converted to hotels, toured Miltenberg, Wurzberg and Bamberg, before continuing down the Rhine to Regensberg and Passau. We toured the war time underground art storage facilities in Nuremberg and continued our journey to Melk, Krems and Vienna, Austria before scenic cruising through the Wachau Valley. From there we continued on to Budapest, Hungary where we changed ships to venture further into Eastern Europe. We stopped in Kalocsa, Hungary before continuing to Osijek, Croatia and then Belgrade, Serbia. Continuing East we passed the Iron Gates and cruised magnificent gorges on the way to Vidin and Russe, Bulgaria. Continuing, we went to Bucharest and Brassov, Romania and then to Transylvania to enter the legendary home of Count Dracula, Bran Castle. We enjoyed a lifetime’s worth of experiences on a single four week voyage, June of 2019. Hope you enjoy the images as much as we enjoyed being there and taking them.
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Katz Castle (German: Burg Katz) is a castle above the German town of St. Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at St. Goar. It was first built around 1371 by Count William II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 by Napoleon and rebuilt in the late 19th century, in 1896–98. It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.
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Katz Castle (German: Burg Katz) is a castle above the German town of St. Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at St. Goar. It was first built around 1371 by Count William II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 by Napoleon and rebuilt in the late 19th century, in 1896–98. It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.

  • Cruising the Rhine outside Cologne on the way to Dusseldorf, Germany.
  • Neuendorf-Sachsenbande is a municipality in Wilstermarsch, in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town is notable for containing the lowest accessible point in Germany, which is 3.54 m below sea level.
  • The Equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I. at the German Corner (Deutsches Eck) in Koblenz, Germany.
  • The town of Koblenz, Germany from the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress side of the Rhine river's confluence with the Moselle river.
  • The Viking Embla from the cable car in Koblenz, Germany.
  • Entering Ehrenbreitstein Fortress Park, Koblenz, Germany.
  • Entering Ehrenbreitstein Fortification in Koblenz, Germany.
  • A memorial to the dead of the German Army inside Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz, Germany.
  • Inside Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz, Germany.
  • Approaching the open areas inside Ehrenbreitstein Fortification, Koblenz, Germany.
  • Deep inside Ehrenbreitstein Fortification, Koblenz, Germany.
  • Confluence of the Rhine and Moselle Rivers in Koblenz, Germany.
  • The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of the principal sites of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fortress was used for protection rather than as a residence for royal families.
  • Typical middle Rhine town.
  • This is Hotel Castle Liebenstein. It is the highest elevation historic castle hotel in Germany with romantic hotel rooms having Rhine River views and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built in 1284.
  • Rheinfels Castle (German: Burg Rheinfels) is a castle ruin located above the left (west) bank of the Rhine in Sankt Goar, Germany. It was started in 1245 by Count Diether V of Katzenelnbogen. After expansions, it was the largest fortress in the Middle Rhein Valley between Koblenz and Mainz. It was slighted by French Revolutionary Army troops in 1797. It is the largest castle overlooking the Rhine and historically covered five times its current area.
  • Katz Castle (German: Burg Katz) is a castle above the German town of St. Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at St. Goar. It was first built around 1371 by Count William II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 by Napoleon and rebuilt in the late 19th century, in 1896–98. It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.
  • Katz Castle (German: Burg Katz) is a castle above the German town of St. Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at St. Goar. It was first built around 1371 by Count William II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 by Napoleon and rebuilt in the late 19th century, in 1896–98. It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.
  • Last view of Katz Castle on the hill outside Loreleystadt-St. Goarshausen, middle Rhine, Germany.
  • A memorial for a young woman (Lorelei) and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
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