Encircled by the Elz River the 850 year old Eltz Castle has been the family home of the Lords and Counts of Eltz for more than thirty generations.  Today, Eltz Castle is owned by Count Karl, of the Silver Lion and the Buffalo Horns, which has retained sole ownership of the complex since 1815.

We could not take pictures inside but I bought a postcard of a beautiful heater and took a picture of it.

After we left we saw off in the distance a huge cathedral and decided we had to see it.  I took several pictures of the cathedral but didn’t get the name of it or the town it was in.  No one has been able to tell me what the name is.  Oh well.  When we got back Susan got a haircut.

Tomorrow we leave for Speyer, Germany.