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Rhine Flooding in Kaiserswerth

Well the huge amount so snow we had over Christmas had to melt sometime. Not only did the volume of snow bend the gutters on the house so they no longer hold water, but the Rhine flooded too.

So I had to get some photo’s. The road into the picturesque Kaiserswerth was blocked to the river, so parked up and wandered down to the water, where the water level was over the top of the flood wall, and just about starting to enter the village.

Kaiserswerth Rhine Flood

Kaiserswerth Rhine Flood

Flooding didn’t go any higher, and subsided over the next few days. I gather the local authorities were debating whether to close the flood barriers to the village, another 30cm and they would have had to. Kaiserswerth Rhine Flood

Kaiserswerth Kartoffelfest

I think only in Germany can you have a festival about potatoes and at the same time only sell the smallest, spongiest, oldest, cast-off potatoes in the supermarkets. But, they do have such a festival so off we went to see what it’s all about.

There were a few stalls selling baked potatatoes, another with actually quite nice fried ones. See photo.

Potatoes on the go

Of course beer and sausages were also on sale, along with lots of second hand book stalls, jewellery, and the obligatory roast pig. Well, Germany wouldn’t be Germany without pork.

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