Mercure Koblenz

Es ist seltsam, wie schnell die Zeit vergeht.. Wie oft habe ich euch versprochen zu schreiben, anzurufen oder einen blog zu verfassen. Ich denke oft an euch und es ist schön zu wissen, dass es euch genauso geht. <br><br>Schon seit fast einem halben Jahr lebe, wohne und atme ich diesen wundervollen ...

... are exactly what you picture when you think of a little german town... I bet it´s beautiful here at Christmas. That afternoon, to stay dry, we did some wine tasting. They are famous for their Reisling here and have it in dry (trocken) half dry (halftrocken) and sweet (liebich... maybe). Bacharach has some really good wines.<br>The next morning the sun had come out so we decided to take a bike ride up to the next town, St. Goar. From there, we ...

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 ...

This morning I went to see Burg Katz, Rick Steves' favorite castle in Europe, so I was excited. But I wasn&#8217;t very impressed. Yes, it was breathtakingly beautiful from the outside. But the inside wasn&#8217;t that great, and the setting wasn&#8217;t nearly as good as Rheinfels Castle yesterday. Plus, I had to take a train 20 minutes to the tiny town of Moselkern, and then walk an hour from there just to get to the castle. <br><br>So by the ...

... the fireworks rockets. <br><br>The fireworks take place shortly after night fall. First the river boats arrive. At St. Goars, I counted about 50 of these ships. As the night was pitch black, the lights from the boats appeared like little tea lights on the Rhine. That alone was an amazing sight. <br><br>Then the fireworks start. On this Saturday, 19.09.2009 in St. Goars, the event ...

... 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.

... a dividing wall between the two castles in one of the photos.<br>Castle 15 - Marksburg Castle - This is stunning perched on a hilltop above the small city of Braubach. It was built in the 14th Century and has never been destroyed.<br>Castle 16 - Stolzenfels Palace - Located near the city of Kobenz this castle was built as a border fortress between 1242 and 1259. Like many other castles it was destroyed (yes you have guessed it ........ the French) in 1689. It was rebuilt from ...

... with insurance. <br><br>So we awoke in Brussels around 8:00 to catch our 10:25 train to Köln. Allergies (hay fever) were starting to get bad for both of us with the humidity so we didn't have a great sleep. We took a cab to Brussels Zuid station (Midi). It was about equal distance from our hotel to there or Centrale so no point heading to Centrale just to catch another train to Midi. Arrived in ...