Thursday 6/2 on the Rhine

Its Saturday now.  Thought I would take this opportunity to catch up on the entries.  I will go back to Thursday and move forward from there.

Thursday was a national holiday here, Ascension Day - the Day that Christ ascended to heaven.  Anyway, we decided to go up the Rhine for a boat trip.  We got to the train station at 8:45 after a bus ride and the Germans were already drinking beer. I'm not counting the usual group of beer drinkers who seem to always be in front of the station, but the other folks.  The folks with bikes going on cycling tours.  The retirees with their friends going places.  The other folks.  And that was just in the station.  When we got on the train the 50-something crowd was well into it.  The women seemed to have the bottles of wine and the guys were doing beer.  It was 9:00 by this time so, hey.

After a two-hour ride on the train we arrived in Bingen and sussed out the location of the boat dock.  Loaded up on the dock we leaned back and relaxed.  The Rhine valley from there to Lorentz is all vineyards, castles and small towns.  Pretty nice.  Oh, there are also a lot of freight trains and big barges, but commerce must go on despite the desires of the tourist.

Mid way on our route to Lorentz we stopped in St. Goar to check out a castle and walk around a bit.  Nice spot.  We also snacked on some really nice apple pizza thing.


From the boat dock in Lorentz we hopped on a bike taxi which took us the two kilometers to the station. Back in Bonn.  We stopped at a small Thai place on the way back.  It was hot in the place, but the food was good.  Back and bed.