Mosel/Rhine Day 2

	The restaurant dining room at Hotel Kranenturm
	View out the restaurant dining room at Hotel Kranenturm
	The front walk of Hotel Kranenturm
	Christine in front of a cool-looking well in Bacharach
	Bacharach and Burg Stahleck
	Christine in Bachrach with Burg Stahleck in the background
	Michael in Bacharah with Burg Stahleck in the background
	Beware of breakdancers! (or don't slip, fall, crack your head and sue us!)
	Christine attempting to take a picture of the hillside vinyards from the moving train. See the silver line in the middle of the picture? That is a metal track that a chair (and maybe machinery) moves on to go up and down the hill to reach the grapevines.
	More vinyards along the mosel
	Christine in Moselkern, starting the journey to Burg Eltz
	Christine next to the Eltz in Moselkern. Eltz means "stream," so Burg Eltz is literally "Castle by the Stream." The Eltz flows down to the Mosel River.
	Christine just leaving the road and beginning to hike through the woods to Burg Eltz
	This is the biggest snail I've ever seen! The path had lots of big black slugs (I guess it's always dark in the woods), but this was the only snail and the only white snail (albino?) we saw! It was disgusting, but kinda cool.
	Christine getting ready to start the trek UP.
	Christine going up the stairs
	Michael surveying the land
	Christine in a tall pine forest
	Christine and a cave (no, we didn't go in)
	Christine with the Eltz far below, still in the woods
	Michael with the Eltz far below, still in the woods
	Michael on the trail
	Christine with the Eltz far below
	A small tower built by a bishop who decided he wanted to take down Burg Eltz. It was supposedly a five-year siege, though the tour guide thought that wasn't true (or at least it wasn't constant) or the castle would have been ruined. There are no written records of the siege other than its beginning and end. The bishop lost.
	Christine and the first glimpse through the woods at Burg Eltz
	Michael and Christine with Burg Eltz behind
	The last stairs up to the castle
	At last! Burg Eltz!
	Michael in front of Burg Eltz
	Michael in the inner courtyard at Burg Eltz before the tour
	A cool dragon water spout
	The inner courtyard at Burg Eltz after the tour
	Christine taking a picture in the inner courtyard at Burg Eltz
	These big stones were lobbed into the castle during the 5-year siege
	Mike looking up at Christine getting ready to start down the stairs back to Moselkern
	A last back look at the castle
	The Eltz far below us
	The road goes ever on.....
	Christine in the woods
	Christine near the Eltz