Frankfurt/Rhein River Cruise

Last weekend we went to Frankfurt to spend some time with David's parents before they went back home. We lucked out with gorgeous spring weather. It was Pfingsten a German holiday, so Monday Christy had the day off and Frankfurt was celebrating with a festival in the woods.

At the main square in the old part of Frankfurt.

David and the Frankfurt skyline

David's parents in front of the Opera House

random couple at the Festival in the woods

OK so this sign made us laugh. Its a little hard to tell from the picture but those are giant boat swings. The sign basically says that the festival takes no responsibility for accidents and that drunks have no entry. Considering that on another ride we saw some woman take of her shirt and bra, I'm not surprised this sign is necessary. (Mind you this is a family festival where people take their children!)

An update on the grapefruit beer we mentioned in our last entry. We discovered it is made in Frankfurt and it was all over this festival. It is a grapefruit hefeweizen. I think we will be drinking a lot of that this summer.
While we were waiting for our Rhein River cruise to start, we wandered down to the banks of the Main River in Frankfurt.

The cruise package started with lunch at a German restaurant.

Then we took a cable car ride


View of the Assmannhausen vineyards

descending into the village

our cruise ship

sorry I don't know how to rotate this picture. But aren't we cute :-)?

David and his Dad on the boat
we saw lots of castles like this one
soaking up the sunshine
The Loreley. There is a famous song about this. As the story goes a mermaid would sing and the peak and the sailors would crash into the rocks (kind of like the Sirens).
after the cruise
then there was a wine tasting after the cruise back in the restaurant where we had lunch. No joke the girl dressed up as a mermaid.