Saturday, October 31, 2009

Koblenz & Rudesheim, Germany - Day 6

Welcome to day 6 - we docked early in Koblenz today and started the day right off with a bus tour up to the Marksburg Castle. A small, but quaint little castle for a small family with servants and yes, it did have a torture chamber. But it was a little treacherous walking. The ground was very uneven and rocky. Many of the senior citizens had a difficult time, but they endured taking it very slowly. Directly after we returned to the ship to continue our cruise down the Rhine River. We are now at the point of the Middlerhine Gorge. Here you start seeing a difference in the landscape. We went from completely flatlands to hills along the river, to now mountains along side the river with castles every mile or 2 and cute Bavarian style houses lining the waterway. The railway lines both sides of the river too with passenger trains and cargo trains. As they go by and you watch them go behind us down the river it almost looks like a toy train scenery. We finally met up with the area of the river where the Rhine meets the Mosel River. As we continue southward our next stop will be Rudesheim. During the day on the cruise ship, besides watching scenery, and walking the top deck, going around and around and around....... the cruise company treated us to a presentation of the making of Rudesheimer Coffee. Basically coffee with sugar, liquor, vanilla, whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles. Not too bad. We finally arrived in Rudesheim late in the evening after 8:00 pm. Some people took the optional excursion to the Mechanical Musical Instrument museum. It was OK, but it is dark as the black of night has descended. You can't see to walk much less try to walk to the city. For some reason where we docked there were no street lights.  Those that didn't go out, stayed and played Bingo. Yes, they do that here too. Gotta keep the Indians busy, you know. As of this writing, most have gone to bed and I will be going too. People are starting to get sick.... great... just what we need...
Night...

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