June 7, 2009
Written June 14
Friends and Families ,
On Sunday after the Payne's big party, they took us to the neighboring village of Eltville. Here's what we saw.
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Eltville is a charming small village in the Rhinegau region. It is surrounded by vineyards and, once a year, celebrates its roses. On this day, the weather was not as cooperative as we'd hoped, but it was fun in any event. |
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Many of the old buildings had been restored and a few others were going through the process. For a price, one can still get craftsmen who work in a style of hundreds of years ago. |
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Most of the Eltville rose
show was in the castle that guards the Rhine. The whole place was
filled with color and history. |
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| Maybe next time we will take one of the boats that move tourists up and down the Rhine. (Tip: use the boats downstream and the train "upstream", unless you favor several hours on the boat.) | ||
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Every fair deserves a souvenir or two. In this case, we were sold by the demonstration of bird whistles.
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| Click the box below to see the rose pictures we took. It is a simple page, but sometimes pictures really are all one needs. |
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Eltville. Nice village. Nice festival. Next time we'll try for better weather, though.
John and Marianne