WERTHEIM TO KOBLENZ
Friday 15.5.2009
We have to pinch ourselves sometimes, visiting all these amazing places. We had a classical trio entertain us last night, they were terrific, we are so lucky to have all these fantastic entertainers every other night, there is always something on before and after dinner. We docked in at Mainz very early this morning, after John got up at 2.00a.m. to see us sail through Frankfurt (and also to make a couple of phone calls). We docked very close to the city centre of Mainz so we did a 1 1/2 hr walking tour taking in St Martins Cathedral, the old town (that has been rebuilt after the war) and the Gutenberg Museum where there is the first printed bible and also gave demo of how Gutenberg invented printing and how it was done, very interesting and then some free time to explore the town. Then back on board 12.15, sail 12.30 and then another lunch, it never ceases to amaze the fantastic variety of meals we have on this ship and also cheeses etc. We sailed to rRuedesheim this afternoon for a tour of Siegfried's mechanical musical museum. This was fascinating, the guide was terrific and showed us how the different music machines worked and played quite a few of them. The town was built on the side of the hill and the walk back to the ship was lovely going along very narrow cobble stoned streets. The ship left Ruedesheim at 5.30p.m. for Koblenz, this would have to be one of the most scenic stretch, dozens of castles ruins along the way, looking up from the ship from the Rhine Gorge, very steep slopes with vineyards along the way. Docked at Koblenz about 8.30p.m. and after dinner there was a walking tour of Koblenz, we peeled off about half way with another couple and found ourselves in a gorgeous little pub, packed in like sardines, the music was great and after a few Becks, back to the ship to sail at 11.30p.m. wth a few minutes to spare. Sailed overnight to Cochem.
We have to pinch ourselves sometimes, visiting all these amazing places. We had a classical trio entertain us last night, they were terrific, we are so lucky to have all these fantastic entertainers every other night, there is always something on before and after dinner. We docked in at Mainz very early this morning, after John got up at 2.00a.m. to see us sail through Frankfurt (and also to make a couple of phone calls). We docked very close to the city centre of Mainz so we did a 1 1/2 hr walking tour taking in St Martins Cathedral, the old town (that has been rebuilt after the war) and the Gutenberg Museum where there is the first printed bible and also gave demo of how Gutenberg invented printing and how it was done, very interesting and then some free time to explore the town. Then back on board 12.15, sail 12.30 and then another lunch, it never ceases to amaze the fantastic variety of meals we have on this ship and also cheeses etc. We sailed to rRuedesheim this afternoon for a tour of Siegfried's mechanical musical museum. This was fascinating, the guide was terrific and showed us how the different music machines worked and played quite a few of them. The town was built on the side of the hill and the walk back to the ship was lovely going along very narrow cobble stoned streets. The ship left Ruedesheim at 5.30p.m. for Koblenz, this would have to be one of the most scenic stretch, dozens of castles ruins along the way, looking up from the ship from the Rhine Gorge, very steep slopes with vineyards along the way. Docked at Koblenz about 8.30p.m. and after dinner there was a walking tour of Koblenz, we peeled off about half way with another couple and found ourselves in a gorgeous little pub, packed in like sardines, the music was great and after a few Becks, back to the ship to sail at 11.30p.m. wth a few minutes to spare. Sailed overnight to Cochem.
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