My home is my castle
I did another castle tour in the Rhineland. This time I had the privilege to be accompanied by agent 54m .
Shortly after sunrise we climbed on the mountain Drachenfels (dragon‘s rock). It is a renowed romantic destination.
Several legends surround the Drachenfels, most famously that Siegfried – the hero of the Nibelungenlied – killed the dragon Fafnir, who lived in a cave in the hill, then bathed in its blood to become invulnerable. Hence, the hill is named the "Dragon's Rock".
This poem made the place more famous:
After this little hike we, crossed the river Rhine. There we visited the magnificent water castles of Gudenau, Lüftelberg and Heimerzheim. They're all private property. But the portals are fortunately in the front and with a very long selfie stick you can get some decent views:
We even discovered that Morenhoven castle was yet „undiscovered“. Now it’s up to OPR to review the portalworthyness of a castle from the first half of the 13th century.
Later I visited the Cologne Cathedral and thanked for the blessing that we live in an area with such a rich cultural heritage. If I lived in Australia I would also be in an awesome country but my first hand access to these places of living history would be very limited. This is perspective I got by listening to the awesome Mindclass podcast (German only, sorry).
I can travel within an hour to places of our legacy where I can find portals from ages that go from the renaissance through medieval times, Roman ages, stone age and all the way back to the pleistocene 400.000 years B.C. in the Neander valley.
And with the Ingress scanner I have a powerful tool in my hand to highlight the artifacts of human civilization and to link them together in space and time. The holocene is an awesome time to live in.
Shortly after sunrise we climbed on the mountain Drachenfels (dragon‘s rock). It is a renowed romantic destination.
Several legends surround the Drachenfels, most famously that Siegfried – the hero of the Nibelungenlied – killed the dragon Fafnir, who lived in a cave in the hill, then bathed in its blood to become invulnerable. Hence, the hill is named the "Dragon's Rock".
The castled crag of Drachenfels
Frowns o’er the wide and winding Rhine.
Whose breast of waters broadly swells
Between the banks which bear the vine,
And hills all rich with blossomed trees,
And fields which promise corn and wine,
And scattered cities crowning these,
Whose far white walls along them shine,
Have strewed a scene, which I should see
With double joy wert thou with me!
After this little hike we, crossed the river Rhine. There we visited the magnificent water castles of Gudenau, Lüftelberg and Heimerzheim. They're all private property. But the portals are fortunately in the front and with a very long selfie stick you can get some decent views:
Later I visited the Cologne Cathedral and thanked for the blessing that we live in an area with such a rich cultural heritage. If I lived in Australia I would also be in an awesome country but my first hand access to these places of living history would be very limited. This is perspective I got by listening to the awesome Mindclass podcast (German only, sorry).
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| Our litte roundtrip in the Google Maps timeline |
I can travel within an hour to places of our legacy where I can find portals from ages that go from the renaissance through medieval times, Roman ages, stone age and all the way back to the pleistocene 400.000 years B.C. in the Neander valley.
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| Cologne Cathedral from the 13th century - finished 600 years later |
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| Subway station "Heumarkt" which has the Nickname "The Cathedral". |
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