The oldest town in the region,
Eltville is gathered around a cozy
nest of lanes, but it is best known
for its many rose beds, whose
perfume thickens the summer air.
Many rose bushes line the Rhine
promenade and grow in the moat of the adjacent 14th-century castle,
the Burg, which was laid to waste by
fierce Swedes during the Thirty Years’
War (1618–48). Stirred up by the
Counter-Reformation, this war
between the Protestant Union and
Catholic League raged across Europe.
Only the four-story residential tower
of the Burg survived. The promonade along the Rhine is quite special with the sun shimmering across the water.
The next part of the day was quite a contrast to yesterday - picking up the motorway near Mainz we headed south towards Bruchsal. The proliferation of motorways and the amount of traffic is incredible. The size of the population nescessitates the amount of goods being transported all around the country. It is always a pleasure to get back to traffic lights and small towns!
Later we moved further on for an overnight at Ettlingen. The temperature late I the afternoon was an amazing 23 degrees - things are looking up!
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