Hameln to Bodenwerder

Final morning in Hameln (which, by the way, is pronounced Haa-mln - the last syllable being mumbled).  This is the view out of my apartment window.

I love how crooked it is

And in the bakery where I bought brekky - The Pied Piper complete with rats!

Onto the next part of my journey - by ship.  I travelled on the Holzminden, which is a bit smaller and left 10 minutes later than the Hameln.  However, we caught the Hameln and overtook it.  Following are general shots from my 3.5 hour journey upstream on the River Weser.

Overtaking the Hameln

When I planned this trip, I pictured sunshine, hat, sunscreen, mid 20s.  With the breeze, I reckon it was below 10 degrees.  Not quite what I had in mind, but...

A German windmill!!

The black legs and faces are cute

An old tower.  I was the only one to brave the cold on the foredeck the whole trip

Hot chocolate always helps

A couple of huge chimneys - generating electricity, I think

The Weserradweg (cycling path along the Weser) is quite popular

A group riding to Hameln.  They're certainly colourful!

A car ferry...

...letting its passenger off.  A few people braved the weather in canoes

We stopped here.  It's pretty

Still cold...

Not sure what this statue represents.  I don't think the cow knows, either

Poppies are weeds here, growing in most crops.  These are in a wheat crop

Grey Herons are common

Simply beautiful

Mistletoe!

A Schloss (German for chateau) along the Weser

Lovely forest.  Still cold!!

Arriving in Bodenwerder

The Holzminden departing (taken later in the afternoon)

First of all, here are the photos of the Statues of the Baron von Münchhausen which are scattered around Bodenwerder.

The Münchhausen Brunnen has three parts to it:

the Baron riding a cannonball, 

the Baron being hauled along by ducks, 

and the Baron's horse left high and dry, tied to the church steeple during a snowdrift

Pulling his horse out of a swamp

Realising his horse had been cut in two by a portcullis...

...and retrieving the rear half before stitching him back together

Half a horse is heavy, so I lent a shoulder

This is on the main road to/from Hameln

Even the children's playground follows the theme - the cannonball...

...and the horse tied to the church steeple

So...I decided to do the cannonball thing - in front of the Münchhausen Museum...

...and inside it!

Bodenwerder itself is quite a pretty town, but not as well-kept as Hameln as it obviously doesn't get the same tourist dollar.

The main street.  The church is very central

An old well in the main street

Half-timbered houses here as well

A lot are in need of renovation

Afternoon tea - Himbeeretorte (raspberry)

And making a start on the blog, on the Weser cycling path