Day on the Rhine with Grandma and Elizabeth

 
 Yesterday we took Grandma and Elizabeth on our favorite Rhine tour. First, we took the cable cars to the Germania monument above Rüdesheim, where we had a picnic of ham-n-cheese sandwiches on German rolls. Then we hiked along the hilltop overlooking the Rhine, stopping by a fake castle ruin (built in the 1770s). 


After walking through a dark "magic cave" (embedded with gems in its glory days), we took the chairlift down to Assmannshausen, where we looked again for the incredible homemade Apfelstrudel Michael and I had in 2008 when we were there with Patrick's godmother. 


The Apfelstrudel and ice cream were Mom's treat, but unfortunately, the place refused to serve her anything because they couldn't "take responsibility for her nut allergy" when there were traces of nuts in every cake! She then enjoyed some tiramisu somewhere else, while Elizabeth, Nick, Michael and I walked and talked along the Rhine, waiting for our 5:45 p.m. ferry to bring us back to Rüdesheim. Elizabeth told us about her fear of c****s and while telling us about the scary film clip that caused the fear, she jumped a mile high when a businessman passed her on the right. We had a good laugh over that! 


It was a full day, and we were happy Patrick had stayed at home and could have spaghetti dinner waiting for our return in Eppstein! Nick, Patrick, and Michael convinced us that watching 21 Jump Street would be great evening entertainment after our full day.