a little background once we left Strasbourg in theafternoon we passed flat ground covered in fields and Cottonwood/maple trees, the villages were well in the background, camping facilities were everywhere almost on waters edge with tents parked right on top of each other, this was the case right into Holland even close to rather large industrial centres. when we got to Speyer early eve the crew took about 3 or more hours to tie the boat off and really had troubles doing so due to heavy river currents. My Familie took off right after a huge dinner into the old square ............
passing the Kaiserdom to the old square where the locals were relaxing and a beautiful but quite humid evening with a good Bier
evening came real quick a memorial to the fallen in the first war
next morn with guide around 8.30 am we retraced our steps and viewed beautiful park like trees that at one time were buried in the Rhine as it was much wider during pre 1700 times
one of two standing gates of the Medievel period
closer view of the scroll work on the Dom, we took tons of pics and since the interior was dark and blank........well you know the story they came out so-so.
a dedicated fountain filled with wine when the new archbishop is elected, hey I'm checking it out ...........dang nothing
the Trinity church from the Baroque era. during the late 1600's during the 30 ? years war with France, France really did much damage to the major German cities along the Rhine. Koblenz, Heidelberg, etc.
after losing my tour group and trying to find something very special for my gal I ran through town covered in sweat and then back to the bus where we were to view the city of Heidleberg...........