In the morning we pulled into the little own of Cochem, Germany. It was one of the more unremarkable cities we visited.
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In the morning we pulled into the little own of Cochem, Germany. It was one of the more unremarkable cities we visited.
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Notice the castle in the far middle of the picture. |
Notice the red jacketed member of the tour staff taking pictures for the tour picture CD> |
Behind our Dutch guide are the town high water marks. |
The letters and numbers above the door signify a Catholic residence. The letters are for some Latin words I do not remember. |
A town history mural. There are dates depicting important events back to the founding of the town. Click on the picture for a closer view. |
The tour was followed by wine tasting. Since we don't drink wine, we wandered the town. Dad saw a street and said we should go that way, which was up at about a 45 degree angle. Here are some flowers along the way. |
After not more than 5 minutes of uphill walking we found we were not far from the castle. |
Here is a close up of the painting on the castle. We didn't think the castle was so close. Unfortunately we had to go back and not continue all the way to the castle. |
One big reason why I got three days behind on the website pictures was all of the nice people to talk with. This day was mostly cruising. Brenny asked to play chess. He had almost beaten one of the older gentleman, so I didn't know how good he was. It didn't take too long before I had to start giving him advice. At the point shown above, I'm playing black and we've only played about 10 moves. |
This is Jim (from Marksburg small door fame). He challenged the winner, so I ended up playing another game. Again, I am black. This was a blood-bath of a game. I ended up winning, but it was crazy. Robyn (the gentleman on the right), challenged me to the next game, but I had to go to.... |
...the galley tour. We have amazing food on this trip, even though some of the guests commented that it was just "OK". Our biggest problem was not eating too much. This is the head chef in the photo. |
This is not dinner, but a duck that came up to the ship. One of the ladies fed it so we could get a good picture. |
Of course, travel on a river includes elevation change, requiring the use of locks, which raise and lower the ship. We went thru several in each leg of the journey. |
Notice that the ship has raised. |
