Nelkon

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: 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! —  Lord Byron ,  Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Afte...