Hotel Rheinkrone Koblenz

... So viel ist schon passiert, so wenig habe ich bisher erlebt. Neue Freunde, eine 2te Familie und ein ganz anderes Leben erwarten mich hier. New York, meine neue Liebe! <br><br>Jetzt, mit mehr Zeit und Muse widme ich mich dem langersehnten Lebenszeichen. :) <br><br>Viel Spaß beim lesen!<br><br>

... it was 4 trains away to Bacharach in the Rhine Valley. We made it to Wurzburg, then Frankfurt, and then Mainz... and then we missed the last train out to Bacharach. Thinking we were going to spend the night in a train station and NOT in castle, we reluctantly asked the clerk what we could do... she handed us a voucher, said to go get a taxi, and he would drop us at our door! So we basically LOVE the German Train system, especially since it was ...

This is not a great adventure, more a welcome back.<br><br>It is great to be back in Villiprott to visit our old friends since the 70ies. Now I have been staying with them for two weeks and we have done a lot of different things. This part of Germany have many interesting places to visit, both nature and culture.<br>

So well I on my way to Bremen I had a 2 hour stop in Koblentz and it was 11 at night. I wish I could say I went and partied hard but I didn't. I tried, I followed some spot lights in the sky but those were to far to walk to so I just walked around a few blocks and found a dinner/bar and had a few ...

So on the way to Trier, the train traveled right besides the Rhine River. It was AMAZING! The trip between Mantz and Koblenz was the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. There were boats just traveling up and down the river and plenty of vineyards on the rolling hills along with river. Also every 4 minutes there was another town and a larger church in ...

... br><br>When I&#8217;d had enough of the views, I rode the chairlift back down and then went to find some food. I ended up going to a little food stand and getting a Bratwurst and kartoffelsalat (i.e. potato salad). I was glad I knew the German word for it, although it tasted like American potato salad. The bratwurst was excellent, though. I think I&#8217;m going to have to try American bratwurst when I get home, just to make sure I still don ...

... rocks from the respective castles. <br><br>The river boat is the best place to enjoy these fireworks. The second best place is at a top rated restaurant with fine dining. Remember, though, that reservations have to be made very far in advance. The cheapest place, obviously, is along the river's shores. <br><br>It's a MUST SEE event, if you happen to be in Germany on any of these dates. <br><br>

Straight from finishing work with COLT, I went to V festival. No pics, and you can get stories directly, but I then flew straight out on Monday to meet Philip, Lawrence and Elias in Germany to catch up on Philip's stag do. The plan is a week-long tour through Epernay &amp; Reims France (I missed that bit), Köln, Kerpen, Nürberg etc through ...

... the GPS.<br><br>We programmed Koblenz into it and after a little construction detour, we were on the freeway (not the Autobahn, sadly). The car was comfortable, roomy and high-tech. We were speeding along the highway listening to German radio and enjoying the beautiful countryside. Although it is not the Autobahn the pace is still pretty fast. I think it was 100 km/h minimum and 140 km/h maximum but ...

... touring and tight schedules. After several hours on the boat, we then took an hour long train to Cochem, 3 hours of hiking to view and tour the Burg Eltz Castle, grab a quick pizza to go and managed to catch the last train back to Koblenz where our backpacks were waiting for us - whew! - never a dull moment :)