Kurfuerst Balduin Hotel 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>

... 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 ...

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 ...

... supposed to start at 9 p.m. but the actually start was 10 minutes delayed. The roads leading along the rock face into St. Goars were closed about 25 minutes prior to the fireworks. Having arrived by car, there was absolutely no parking space along the shores. But we were lucky. As a result of the road closure, the police approached us and asked us to turn off the engine and park ...

... and Amsterdam in Netherlands. Philip and Lawrence both took their cars over for the tour, with highlight of the Nürbergring racetrack. As they say, what happens on tour stays on tour, but we had a brilliant time. Here's a few pictures and video's from the Germany part of the trip, courtesy of Elias, who had the commonsense to bring a camera.

... back to Koblenz we managed to find our hotel and looked around for somewhere to get something to eat. Lots of places were closed so we ended up getting snacks at our hotel. And more wine which I ordered but thankfully did not finish. Then off to bed having had way too much to drink, but luckily not enough to ruin the next day!<br><br><br>Tomorrow &#8211; The Mosel, my favourite castle, dangerous driving <br><br>

... originally from Amsterdam. Funnily enough the area we were going to was Zeeland. We were there for four day and had beautiful weather. It was cold when we left Germany but as soon as we arrived at the camp site, I was running round in a singlet it was that warm. Ok maybe just a little cold for that, but I was stubborn and foolish enough to do it. Each day while were were there we headed to a new town/village. I covered a lot of ground in those four days. I even visited the North Sea ...