River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze

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A few miles beyond, and across the river, lies Braubach, a stunning half-timbered town at the foot of Marksburg Castle, the most impressive of the Rhine Castles.

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Rheinstein and Reichenstein Castles are two miles further downstream, south of the village of Trechtingshausen. 3. Bacharach Bacharach and the Rhine from the Postenturm The Altes Haus (Old House) winery in Bacharach Richmond, Virginia on the James River is hailed for its amazing urban whitewater, with class III and IV rapids. The river offers outdoor recreation for people of all ages and experience in the forms of more mild rafting, swimming, and walks along the river. James River, VA The city reached a peak of influence during the 4th and 5th centuries, when Roman Emperors frequently used it as their headquarters during military campaigns. In 395 it became the seat of the prefecture of the Gauls, governing the western part of the Western Empire, as was the philosopher Favorinus, as the city became renowned as a cultural and religious centre during the late Roman Empire. One of Scotland’s oldest towns, Forres, 25 miles north-east of Inverness and almost on the Moray Firth, is as lovely and off-radar as they come. A creative streak runs through it, with galleries and craft shops adding interest to the centre, and a little way north you can walk around the bay of Findhorn to the splendid fishing village of the same name for seafood, a long sandy beach and handmade ceramics at the Findhorn Pottery.St Goar is a great base for exploring the Romantic Rhine Valley. Burg Rheinfels is one of the best Rhine castles to visit, and the sight of Burg Katz castle across the river is one of the best in the Rhine Valley. But RVA mustered an intrepid volley. When I arrived to vet the town, the vote still undecided, the good citizens made it their business to persuade me that Richmond was worthy. I was barely dry from a morning of stand-up paddleboarding when I was whisked to a voting drive at Hardywood brewery, fueled by eight percent beer. Even the airport-shuttle driver bent my ear about the vote count. Waiting for my flight home, I read about myself in the Times-Dispatch.

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In the heart of China's Sichuan province lies the small city of Fuling. Surrounded by the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, Fuling has long been a place of continuity, far from the bustling political centers of Beijing and Shanghai. But now Fuling is heading down a new path, and gradually, along with scores of other towns in this vast and ever-evolving country, it is becoming a place of change and vitality, tension and reform, disruption and growth. As the people of Fuling hold on to the China they know, they are also opening up and struggling to adapt to a world in which their fate is uncertain.Immortalised in the famous song from Gerry and The Pacemakers “Ferry Across the Mersey”, it spawned Merseybeat, most closely associated with The Beatles. Burg Katz is above the town. Otherwise Burg Rheinfels is across the river above St Goar, and Burg Maus is two miles downstream on the right bank of the river. 8. Boppard The Severuskirche in the centre of Boppard Hessler sees this as a desire to remember and respect the past while moving forward and embracing a new future for China. Near the end of his teaching assignment, Hessler turns 29, and he comments that he feels much, much older and wiser after spending so much time here. Yorkshire’s full of waterways, but this one is hard to miss as it winds its way through the beautiful city of Leeds. Montélimar, or “the door of Provence”, has been inhabited since Celtic times and was largely rebuilt during the Roman era to include a basilica, aqueducts, baths and a forum. The Via Agrippa, a network of Roman roads stretching from Lyon to important hubs and ports throughout France, played a major role in Montélimar’s development.