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| The castle that towers on the cliff above us. Like a fairytale. |
It was an early start with breakfast and tidying up over,
ready to have Klaus from Fischer start work at 8am. Tim from the office spoke
English so he interpreted for us. We had alarms and locks fitted to the two
back garage doors and a large safe fitted inside, plus some other bits and
pieces. Really aware of being extra careful as there so many stories about
issues of break-ins in motorhomes especially in France. Unfortunately, the
extra locks for the front doors didn’t fit so they will have to order them for
us.
The weather is so cold today, and as we walked into the
little town this morning it felt like a really cold NZ winter’s day with
temperatures only 9 degrees and a chill wind. Found a little café and stopped
for a coffee… and a cherry pastry!
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| The Schneider Cafe |
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A sneaky photo of this chap sitting in the cafe with his book, smokes,
and a bottle of coke. When we walked past 2 hours later he was still there! |
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| I wonder what the caption here would be. |
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| Evidently an old Asylum that has fallen into disrepair. Very bleak looking. |
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| Must have been the old stables. |
The workshop shuts down completely from 12 till 1 so they
offered us a car to go out but we decided to walk instead. Used the maps.me app
on the phone to look for somewhere to eat and followed the directions to the
nearest one, about 1 km away and what a delight. It was a little “pub” opened
less than 2 months ago by Michael an Australian/German, the chef Tim was
Australian and friend Tim who was English. No language problems here so able to
have a really good chat along with a great chicken Caesar salad for lunch.
Michael showed us around and downstairs was a German bowling alley which is a
bit different to normal 10 pin bowling, Ian managed quite well.
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| Michael the owner... |
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| ...and Tim the Chef, proudly showing his Australian flag. |
It was after 3 before all the work was done. I had been onto
my trusty phone app to find a Stellplatz and spotted an excellent one right on
the Rhine about 1 ½ hours’ drive away. Set Jilly with the GPS co-ordinates and
we used the motorways to head south and passed through some beautiful
countryside, rolling tree covered hills and cultivated land with small villages
in the valleys. Top marks to Jilly today, between her and Ian’s driving we
managed to wind our way through the maze of motorways and cloverleaves in
Koblenz during 5 o’clock rush hour traffic and safely arrive at this really
wonderful spot. €10 a night, right on the river, and including electricity and
other facilities. Couldn’t be better. A delightful 17th century town
is behind us, nestled at the base of a huge cliff with a castle at the top.
Lots to investigate tomorrow.
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| Such a view looking across the river tonight. |
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