Being from New Paltz, having a small mountain on the horizon is a comforting thing (for those of you who don’t know the area - http://tinyurl.com/pd7oqek - that’s pretty much the view I grew up with from my bedroom window). The flatness was (part of) the reason I hated Iowa so much the year I went to school there. Sterling had the advantage of being able to get mountain views pretty easily without too much of a drive, and a long weekend back to the mid-Hudson Valley was doable. Here, it’s other side of the Rhein valley that makes it feel homey - especially given the watchtower on top of the ridge a little to the south.
Not easy to get a picture of the watchtower and castle, but they are in the top picture on the far right. In the bottom picture you can easily see the hotel.
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