We also enjoyed a 20 minute train trip to bNeckarsteinach/b to visit several castle ruins and hike to the tiny little medieval hill town of Dilsberg. You can also reach the Rheinpfalz by train, too. Lovely wine country. ... On the weekends or on bvacations/b, I tended to go to places more exotic than Germany--Egypt, Israel, England, etc., or I went skiing. It's only been since I left that I really fell in love with Germany. There are wonderful towns and villages all over ...
