A Bit Scary!

[Caran]

We went to Rudesheim today ( we are on holiday in Germany)
There is a cable car system that takes you up over the vineyards to the mountains above. There is an enormous monument to some person I hadn't heard of. Going up was superb. Coming down was something else. The whole cable car system ground to a halt with a screech.
We were left suspended on high for about 8 minutes. It was really scary. There were about a hundred of these little cars just hanging in space. There were quite a few crying. I wasn't too happy myself.
Eventually though with another screech we set off. Phew the relief that came with that.
As an aside when we got to the top I said to other half, this looks very familiar, have we been here before? Definitely not he said, I wasn't too sure.
When we got back to the apartment I looked at the logbook I keep for holidays. We had been up there before in 2013! We did a train holiday of the Rhine area.
Amazing how you forget some things.

[NoMercy]

We're the views worth the trip up there?

[Mamyalynne]

The views look amazing, was it windy?

Think this is your monument.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederwalddenkmal

[Caran]

Yes NoMercy, they were fantastic.

[Mamyalynne]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F69Gi-NbzYQ

[Caran]

Thank you Mamya, yes that's the one. It wasn't windy at all today. Really warm and sunny.

[Caran]

Well done Mamya, you are clever, I wouldn't know where to start finding things like that.

[Tilly2]

We walked back down, Caran. A lovely walk it was.

[Caran]

Tilly2 we saw quite a few people walking up and down. We could have driven up there but you don't get the whole experience doing that.

[Caran]

Also neither of us are up to much walking now. I need to keep stopping for a sit down. It's either pain from arthritis or short of breath due to COPD.
OH struggles a bit now since his operation. Hurts his pride to use a stick but has no choice.
We look like a pair of matching bookends when we go out with our sticks.

[Tilly2]

The walk down, through all the vineyards, was lovely. We went in May, Caran.
Glorious weather. Fantastic holiday.

[Caran]

I'm sure the walk was wonderful Tilly2. Did you notice if there was any automatic watering system for the vines, we tried to see but couldn't.
If not it would be a horrendous job watering all of them.

[Tilly2]

Can't say we noticed an automatic watering system, Caran. Lots of workers about though. What a difficult job, keeping the vines tended on those slopes.

Each vineyard was labelled with the name of the grape. That was interesting. Mr T kept introducing each grape variety as if it was his vineyard. :-)

[Togo]

Every one is meant to pee out of the cable car when it stops Caran. (^_*)

[Caran]

I very nearly did Togo!