In late October 2013, Pete's brother Mike came to visit us in Germany. Mike had studied in Cologne many years ago and worked for a short time in Germany. He picked up a Eurail pass for the week and on the weekends, we took 2 local trips. First we drove to the nearby Mosel Valley where the Fall colors were peaking. Along the way, we visited Burg Eltz, one of the most intact castles in Germany and situated in a valley on the forest floor. The next weekend we headed for Cologne to visit Mike's old stomping grounds.
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| The town of Cochem sits along the Mosel. |
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| Cochem city center is beyond picturesque. |
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| This gateway entrance to a bridge over the Mosel is typical along the river route. |
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| The Cochem city center looks like a storybook medieval German town. |
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| Burg Eltz was never destroyed and has been in the Eltz family for over 830 years. |
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| This is the bridge leading into the castle compound. |
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| The open square inside the castle walls. |
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| Another Medieval German town - Limburg - with it's precariously leaning houses in the city center. |
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| Mike feeling right at home with the locals in Limburg. |
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| The Limburg Cathedral sits on the highest hill in the town. The Limburg Archbishop is famous for building his own multi-million Euro home using church funds. |
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| Mike found one of his old haunts along the Rhine River in Cologne near the university he attended back in the day. Bitte ein Bit! |
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