Day: 12 October 2011

Wednesday October 12

Today we spent six hours on a ferry traveling at 11kmh from Koblenz to Bingen.
Then we caught the all stops train back towards Koblenz and got off at Bacharach, a delightful little village squeezed between the mountains and the river.

Along the way we saw lots of castles, lots and lots of vineyards on really steep hills, lots of barges carrying lots and lots of stuff, rain lines running both sides of the river with some trains carrying cars from we guess Frankfurt.

The pictures tell the story.

When Jacob was traveling in Europe several years ago, he ended up in a shared hostel dorm with four girls. Doing the best he could to survive such a dreadful situation, he made friends with them and by all accounts they all got along just fine! Phew, close call.

One of them was Tinny who hailed from Koblenz. She spent several months in Fremantle, meeting up with Jacob, and he took her Margaret River and cousin Robyn’s wonderful home at Karridale.

So today, she returned the favour and showed us around her delightful home town. Situated at the confluence of the big European rivers of the Mosel and the Rhine, the join is called German corner and has another huge statue of Emperor William. This guy is popular.

Click this link to see a little movie of German Corner

We had a great day wandering around for the afternoon, lovely town.

The river is used to carry huge bulk loads, from coal to garbage and no doubt many other things too.