Following our riverside watch this afternoon, we had
dinner with Jerry & Ginger Leininger plus Lee & Joanne Billingsley.
Great stories told all around.
By 9 PM, the Amadeus
Elegant had docked and a large group of us decided to stroll into Rüdesheim (Germany) and
scout out the area for tomorrow’s free time—plus we just might find a pub that was still open
and serving. Joining us on the walk were: Lee & Joanne Billingsley, Jerry
& Ginger Leininger, Buddy & Carolyn Morgan, Dave & Joyce Rencurrel,
plus Cathy & Jan Lively. We came across bars, restaurants and shops—as many as you could ask
for and all very nice and as quaint as they could be.
The group eventually got split up but we crossed each
other again and again over the next hour or so. At the top of the initial road
we followed in town, we came across a “torture museum” and added it to our list
for tomorrow. While standing outside it on the street, they began to close the
shutters on the second story and startled us with the noise.
Heading down the street, we came upon the “Christmas
Shop” and the ladies noted its location. Most of these places were closed but
there were still some bars operating.
One bar in particular, we watched through the windows as
there was a crowd to get through the door, had an interesting activity taking
place inside. This one guy wearing a horse-head mask-fixture was dancing around
the room while being led by another guy (looked to be for safety more than
anything else) while everyone in the place danced about and sang at the top of
their lungs—the
dancers even included women on the table tops!
Eventually, we made our way back to the boat only to be
rained on as we awaited the train gate to raise as we departed the town proper.
The next morning at 0845 we loaded the wine train for a
vineyard tour. This was a real disappointing as we were “trained” through a
vineyard with no stop for explanation and eventually brought to a wine cellar
in town for our 0900 morning “wine tasting”—just a bit early for the most of us. But, all things
considered, the guy giving the lecture was hilarious and the wine wasn’t bad.
His palaver kept us in stitches.
Wine cellar for tasting treat!
The Wine Guy with a healthy gift of gab!
My wine tasting glass ready for the next round!
Once the tasting was complete, there was very little time
to walk the streets we had scouted last evening. Had most of known what we were
going to spend time doing this morning, we would have foregone the train trip
and wine tasting and just headed into town on our own, As it was we ran out of
time very quickly.
Be assured, if you have the chance to visit Rüdesheim Germany, take
that chance and spend as much time in this quaint and beautiful little village
as you can afford to do—I
guarantee you, you will not be disappointed.
Home in Rüdesheim
Germany
W J Hill (Class of ’68 and College Station), Tara Voskamp
(our A&M Host & from Bryan), Giesela Boelhouwer & Juliane Heynen (University
of Saskatchewan travelers from Calgary), Jerry & Ginger Leininger and Billy
Martindale (Class of ’66 & Dennison)
(These guys are waiting on shoppers at the Christmas Shop)
Narrow streets loaded with shops, restaurants, and bars
Carving shop where I (finally) picked up a few souvenirs
By noon, we are back on the boat and headed down the
Rhine for Koblenz. On the way we are passing more castles and small and neat river
village after river villages with their great riverside shops and housing areas
plus some nice village churches. Above them all are row after row of vineyards.
Castles along the Rhine
More Castles
Churches everywhere
Homes and villages along the Rhine
Castles and Villages
Churches and Castles
Check out the Vineyards on the hill sides (very Typical)
Thought I would like to live in Oberwesel!
Really nice area and what views! Coming up is the Loreley
passage and the city of Koblenz.
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