When am Rhein...

Koblenz is the starting point for the most popular Upper middle Rhein valley cruise boats, run by KD (Koln-Dusseldorfer), the oldest corporation exchanged on the German stock market. From here , we opted for a round trip to St. Goar, which would give us an opportunity to see the valley, and also some time to explore the Rheinfells 13th century castle ruin in the Loreley.

The day started out cold, nearly 40 degrees, and the mist coming up off the river created a unique ambiance.

 Our boat, the Goethe, was an over 100 year old paddle wheeler

As the day continued, however, the sun came out and burned off the eerie mist, giving us great weather for the hike to and exploration of the Rheinfells castle ruin.

Castle silliness

Castle awesomeness

We cruised back to Koblenz,  and enjoyed a bottle of Reisling from the Rhein valley.  All in all a very full ( over 12 hrs), and very pleasant day.