{"id":12179,"date":"2023-08-20T15:28:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12179"},"modified":"2023-08-20T15:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:28:54","slug":"down-the-rhine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12179","title":{"rendered":"Down the Rhine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today we\u2019re travelling south again. We go through Cologne and Koblenz where we cross the Moselle, and then the railway follows the Rhine. The river barges are huge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3749-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3749-1024x699.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3749-1024x699.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3749-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3749-768x524.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3749-1536x1049.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3749-2048x1398.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3749-439x300.jpeg 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hilltop castles are everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3751.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3751-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3751-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3751-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3751-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3751-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3751-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3751-450x300.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These hotel ships are very popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3757-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3757-1024x644.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3757-1024x644.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3757-300x189.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3757-768x483.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3757-1536x966.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3757-2048x1288.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3757-477x300.jpeg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, after a journey of about 6 hours, we arrived at Heidelberg. A taxi takes us from the station to our hotel by the old bridge. We have a lovely room with a great view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3763-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3763-1024x676.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3763-1024x676.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3763-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3763-768x507.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3763-1536x1013.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3763-2048x1351.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3763-455x300.jpeg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The river is the Neckar. A mate of our lives in Heidelberg, so we&#8217;ll have a good night out tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we\u2019re travelling south again. We go through Cologne and Koblenz where we cross the Moselle, and then the railway follows the Rhine. The river barges are huge. Hilltop castles are everywhere. These hotel ships are very popular. Eventually, after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12179\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travelsandtribulations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}