Well we have managed to fit in leisurewas captured by soldiers of the U.S. 9th Armored Division on 7 March 1945, time too. At the start of October we did a Rhine river cruise for 7 nights. Very enjoyable and the ship "Rex Rheni" was quite comfortable with good food.
During the 1st days cruising we passed the remains of the "Bridge at Remagen" the film covered the true story of the capture of this bridge. It was captured by soldiers of the U.S. 9th Armored Division on 7 March 1945. However on 17 March 1945, ten days after its capture, the Bridge at Remagen collapsed, killing twenty-eight U.S. soldiers.
Only the buttresses on the banks survive and the one in the photo is now a peace museum.
The Rhine is the busiest waterway in Europe and you only have to visit to see the truth of this. Many barges and and passenger vessels to be seen. This one was a pusher tug with a barge loaded with wind turbine blades, another windfarm somewhere.
More of this later.
TTFN
jakepithf
Excellent as always.
I just see our tiny narrowboat doing the same trip, hmmmm.
Mo