Hiking in Nideggen

On Sunday, the last full day that Tony and Brenda were with us, we decided to try again to see Nideggen. The day started out cloudy and looked like it might rain, but soon cleared up and it was a beautiful day for a hike. So, we hopped in the cars and drove the short distance to Nideggen. We first walked through the town and up to the castle to see the sights there. Most of these are pictures that Brenda and Tony took with their cameras.

Entrance tower to the old part of the city of Nideggen

Tony sitting by the Nideggen city walls

Gates leading up to the castle in Nideggen

Church by the castle in Nideggen

The courtyard in the ruins of the castle in Nideggen

The walls of the castle

View from the castle out over the valley

Mikayla and I

Castle wall

Darren in the castle gate house

Tiles on the roof

After walking around and taking pictures of the castle, we went on a hike down the mountain into the valley below. We had heard about the hike from several people (including my brother Nate who had gone on a long run that included this part of the valley), so we were glad to finally be going on this hike. It was beautiful and definitely lived up to its reputation. We hiked down the mountain, through the valley for a bit, then up the mountain again to get back to the cars.

View down the path near where we started at the castle

View of the cliffs with the castle in the background

View of the cliffs with the valley below

Mikayla and I on the path

A view of the campground below in the valley. There isn't a lot of tent camping here in Germany.

A huge rock that we saw on the hike. When we walked around to the side of it, we saw that someone at sometime had built a wall up on one side of it. It made a little cave on one end.

A view of the path we took going back up to the cars

It was a good day for a hike, and it was a good way to close out our time with Brenda and Tony. We came back after the hike and had a relaxing evening with dinner at home and talking and exchanging pictures. We had a great time with them visiting and definitely hope to see them again soon. They left early in the morning on Monday morning to head back to England.

A shot of Mikayla with the wide-angle lens