June 9 Castles along the Rhinegau

 After lunch we left Rudesheim and sailed down the Rhine past some 25 castles 

Ehrenfels Tower and Maus Tower (probably a mispronunciation of Toll Gatej.

Rheinstein Castle

Reichenstein Castle

Sooner Castle and Heimburg Castle

Furstenburg Castle and Stahleck Castle

Pfalz castle (and toll gate) and Gutenfels Castle

Schönberg Castle and the Lorelei stone reputed to lure sailors to their death

Katz Castle

Rheinfels Castle

Katz castle and the Church and Bar at Boppards where the church entry is through the ba

Liebenstein and Sterrenburg castles, adjacent and owned by two brothers who wouldn’t speak to each other because they both loved the same woman. You might be able to see the wall in the second photo that separated the two properties

Marksburg and Stoltzenburg Castle

Lhnstein and Ehrenbreitstein Castles, Koblenz

Kaiser Wilhelm statue Koblenz.