More from Caslte Eltz

Riley standing on the slate wall outside the castle.

A view of the mountain surrounding the castle. This is the path you take to get to the castle. Look closely and you can see people coming down the hill.
Mommy and Riley by the rock wall about Castle Eltz. You can the see creek at the bottom of the valley that completely surrounds the castle. People and animals were wading in the creek. There are also walking paths and bike paths to travel around the castle.

This is one of the many windmills here in Germany. This is an alternate energy source for the Germans. Some times one stands alone and then you will see them in clusters...depending on the size f the village.

Castle Eltz

This is Castle Eltz. It is about an hour from Wiesbaden. It is thought to be one of the best castles in Germany, due to maintaining it's historical preservation. It has been in the same family for 33 generations. It took over five hundred years to build. It was divided into three separate houses for the three families that lived there.

The castle is down in a valley with a steep hill to climb down. This picture was taken from a scenic lookout before walking down the curvy road.
Daddy and Hyland inside Castle Eltz courtyard awaiting the tour.

An American couple on vacation on a genealogical search from Minnesota, took our picture before the long walk down into the valley.
Daddy, Riley and Hyland above Castle Eltz.

More Berlin Airlift Pictures

Riley being cheesy.

Riley and Ron...Riley was getting his PawPaw fix that day and I think Ron was getting his as well.

Mommy and Riley before taking flight.

More Berlin Airlift Pictures

This is another shot of the helicopter dropping candy to the crowd.

We were able to take helicopter rides at the event. This was the first time that either Riley or myself have been on a helicopter. It was very exciting.

Riley and mommy on the helicopter. I told him that many adults have never been n helicopters or airplanes, and that he had been on both within a month of each other.

This is a view of the Rhein. It is very long a beautiful. We are looking forward to our next helicopter flight.

The Berlin Airlift Anniversary

This was the 60th Berlin Airlift Anniversary held at the Army Airfield. The base (where the activities were) was open to not only to the US folks but the Germans as well. There were so many people, they did not have enough bathrooms, food stands, and games. The German turn out was tremendous. All in all we had a terrific time.

Here is Hyland with her new favorite Aunt Renate. For you that don't know Renate and her husband Ron are very close friends of Kathy and WL. They met here in Germany before Jesus was born. Ron's a retired US Army Helicopter pilot.

Here is Stef, the kids, Renate and Ron.

It's hard to see but Riley is at the top of the red part of the slide. He had a blast on this castle.

You'll see specs in the picture. Well those specs are chocolate Hershey bars tied to mini parachutes they dropped from the helicopter. Riley and tried to grab one but there were literally thousands of kids chasing them. It was suppose to be a reenactment of the Berlin food drop.

The House

Here is a picture of our house from the hilltop across the way. It is the one in the middle of the photo with the red/pinkish roof. We'll take closer pictures of the house later and of the beautiful scenic view from our dining room.

Here is Riley on a log in the field. Actually same hilltop.

And last but not least the girl in pig tails.

The Hotel

Here is when we were in the hotel room. This was one of those times when they were actually quit so we definitly thought of it as a kodak moment.

Here are the three amigos. This is Riley's friend Nicole we met in the Hotel.