1 We had traveled about 135 km down the Moselle from Trier by the time we woke up the next morning, but we still had another 60 km to go before docking in Koblenz…
2 First up was a putting contest and Max was all ready to go 🏌️♀️⛳
3 Max shows her form, is it a hole-in-one?!
4 It must be 10 am somewhere, at least it was here on the Moselle. 🌅 And no self-respecting golf course can't have a beverage cart! Let's see... there were…
5 After a couple of Tequila Sunrises, it's a good thing my camera has autofocus as Max aims for the pin ⛳
6 After a couple of Tequila Sunrises, it's a good thing my camera has autofocus as Max aims for the pin ⛳
7 By late morning we were passing Cochem where we had previously spent a day during our travel upriver. Golf gave way to flying kites 🪁, although it did get a…
8 Hallo und auf wiedersehen to Cochem and Reichsburg Castle
9 Hallo und auf wiedersehen to Cochem and Reichsburg Castle
10 Max ducks as she has a close encounter with the underside of the the Treis-Karden Bridge
11 With new friend Jim Robertson demonstrating the incredibly low clearance of some of the bridges we passed under
12 Docking in Koblenz late in the day, a scavenger hunt was organized as a fun way for us to visit some key sights in the old city and make it back to the ship in…
13 Before we even got to our first clue was this small hotel whose pool area was decorated with colorful figures of swimmers 🏊♀️🏊♂️
14 The happy scavengers made it to the first clue- St. Florin's Market Square and the tower clock on the old dance and shopping hall behind us
15 So what does the face below the clock do? Well, it's called the "Augenroller" or "Eye Roller" because its eyes move back and forth with the pendulum 👀 But the…
16 The next item in our hunt was Cahua Chocolatier which we found easily enough. However, we were so delayed through all the locks getting to Koblenz that the shop…
17 We're happy we got our chocolate treats and Tim is happy he doesn't have to run anymore!
18 Working on clue #3, we made it to Jesuitenplatz with its statue honoring Johannes Müller, a famous physiologist and comparative anatomist who was born in…
19 Through the arches we find the "Schängelbrunnen" or "Schängel Fountain", our target for clue #3. "Schängel" is a word in the regional dialect that the local…
20 Max successfully answers the question... the "Spitting Boy" does just that! 💦 And at somewhat random intervals and for quite a distance, no less!
