Hotel Restaurant Muhlentor Bad Kreuznach

... So At 5pm we enter the St. MARtin visitors center, only to be told there is not A single room for rent in town. we heADed to MikalhAmmer, the next town over. Same story. someone literAlly lAughed At us- Apparently you need 1 year AdvAnce notice for the wine hArvest time. thanks, fodors...we ALmost had to sleep in the smArt cAr until a nice tourist office worker found us A room outside neustadt, a mAJor city on the wine ...

... 8 hours until 6pm and see if there are any no-shows or go to Vogelweh. Vogelweh was a more expensive option but a sure thing and I could have it immediately.

We weighed all the factors and decided that in our exausted condition, Vogelweh was the best option so we picked up our rental car and headed out.

... part of the river is known for the Loreley Rock which is actually a very high cliff. This is where the sailors were supposedly distracted by the songs of a mermaid and crashed on the rocks. A little further downstream at river level there is a statue of a mermaid.
Tonight is the Captain’s cocktail party and dinner. The dinner was six courses with no choices. It was better than the other Captain ...

... corner. Tea and coffee are freely available in the breakfast room in the morning as you wait to check in. There is free WiFi inside the hotel – (non encrypted totally open network)
For those who drive to the hotel there is free parking for upto 4 weeks
The hotel also offers free transfers to and from Frankfurt Hahn airport, and the local restaurants, (there are a Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Russian, and a very ...

... Reinfels Ruins, which was once the greatest castle in all of Germany. We even tried to go down to the mine tunnels, crawling underground with just a flashlight to guide the way. Unfortunately we hit one too many dead ends and so we didn´t get too far. Just as we were leaving, the rain started up again. After huddling together for our ¨picnic on the Rhine¨ underneath one of the signal towers, we decided to brave it back to Bacharach. We were ...

... path from Roman times and earlier.

The main feature of the trip was the many castles spread along the route. Most of these were to enforce river tolls, or to claim various sections of the river for a particular baron or, in later years, as elaborate residences for the rich. Dad bought a book about the castles that provided more information to complement the commentary provided on the boat.

... for those who do not want to afford the expensive cruise, bus or train would be the preferable mean of transport.

Another point, I would like to make: the Rhine, especially between Bonn and Koblenz is home to dozens of large and little castles and fortresses. This fortresses are for the most part in private ownership, but on the Rhine in Flames event, this fortresses are ...

... 9 yo host brother we arrived in the littleish town of Bacharach, lying cosily in a little nook of the Rhine River. The difference between the geography of Schleswig Holstein and Rheinland-Pfalz is amazing, the long, low marshes against the rising mountaing and flowing vineyards...along with flowing wine. We started off our tour with a climb up one of these mountains to Rheinstein Burg, an ancient castle perched precariously on ...

... five minute bus ride away from Frankfurt!! Oh well, was a chance for me to catch up on sleep. Once I arrived in Frankfurt I went to the hostel, which was located in a nice part of the city, across the road from the train station and in the red light/drug district!! After leaving my bag in my room, I set out to see the city. I walked in the direction of the old town. 80% of the town centre was destroyed by bombing raids ...

... with some cappucino before our next flight. Business class to India was not quite as nice, but still good. We were still able to stretch out and back mostly, and they kept on feeding us! I think we ate once every 5 hours for the whole trip. We left Germany at 1:55am, and were served lunch and dinner on the flight (between which I slept). I had a traditional Indian dish for dinner called... well I can't remember now, but I'll fill it in later. It was good. One thing about ...