Part of the bridge across the Rhine
Ruins along Rhine at a dock where we stopped for a few minutes(Koln-Dusseldorf)
Daddy took a lot of single frame 16 mm shots of the castles on the Rhine - as far as I know those shots never had anything done with them. He also took black and white photos which I have added here, with my mother's notes on the photos
temporary bridge on the Rhine
Rhine castles/watchtowers
Old castles along the Rhine
Remagen Bridge - very famous
Famous Remagen Bridge
Remagen Bridge that was blown up
Blown up bridge on the Rhine
Large summer resort hotel taken over by the French - along the Rhine
Petersberg - later the building became the guesthouse of the Federal Government where they accommodated foreign guests of state, while Bonn was Federal Capital. Nowadays it is an upscale hotel. The village on the river bank is probably Königswinter.
Village from Rhine steamer
Getting to Cologne going under 2nd bridge with Patton bridge with horse statues in background
Note horse statues on the end of the Patton bridge
On the Rhine with the Koln cathedral in the background
Bridge in Cologne
Patton Bridge
other end of the Patton Bridge
Zoo entrance 1950
After we visited Cologne, we went to stay with my mother's friend Peg Ware (Auntie Peg) in Mannheim. Her husband Bob was a Colonel in the US Army, and he had a car. He drove us around to places in Germany and Austria.
My dad
We got our film developed by the Post Exchange (and we got back a photo taken in Rome where we had not been and none of us visited there until 35 years later).
photo that came back in with ours of Vittoriano monument, Rome
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