2012-05-05 Rudesheim, Romantic Rhine, Marksburg castle
- Wheelhouse lowers to unbelievable depths
- Depart Mainz and watch the Pearl quickly sneak away
- (outside) Mechanical music museum
- Rudesheim has statue of Germania accessed by cable car (amongst vineyards)
- Met the Scenic Diamond
- Romantic Rhine - A dozen or so castles perched on cliffs above Rhine. All seemed to collect tolls, some by robber barons. Most destroyed by French? Though some were destroyed by other armies.
- Marksburg castle, where we had dinner, was never destroyed. Most are rebuilt.
- Lorelei rock high cliff flag shows where she/they were, but there is a statue near the shore.
- Front and earlier rear loading canons (rear loader did more damage to loaders than target)
- Three pipes on far hill were chimney stacks for the tin mine that was in the valley to keep smoke out of the valley