We got to Kamp-Bornhofen in the afternoon. Our suite was on the top floor of the newer part of the castle, it only dates back to the 16 century, unlike the old part of the castle which was built in the 11th century. Our room was at the top of a very narrow, very tightly wound spiral staircase, then up a short, steep flight of stairs from there. One of the windows overlooked the Rhine river and the neighboring castle. We had dinner there, poked around a bit, Aaron wrangled snails and we enjoyed a wonderful evening. All of us slept well with no ghostly visitors whatever.
The morning brought breakfast, again overlooking the Rhine and the local goat herd. After checkout we headed down to town and booked a cruise on the Rhine. We rode the boat up to St. Goar, did a little shopping, and caught the next boat back to Kamp-Bornhofen.
This afternoon we drove up to Amersfoort in the Netherlands. It's pretty up here, flat and rural, kind of like Ohio or Illinois out in the country. We can also see why so many German settlers moved into the Midwest, it looks a lot like Germany. The traffic here can be horrible, lots of traffic jams around the cities and very little parking room in the cities. It doesn't help that we're driving a van that could pass for a schoolbus! Tomorrow we'll head over to the next town to visit the Knoppert family, friends of ours from when they lived in Colorado.....
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