The traffic on the Rhine can be very heavy at times with with sometime two coupled together. These can be as long as 180 meters long. (over 500 ft) this is not long as compared to the traffic on the Mississippi but considering the much narrower R…
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Transiting the loreley
One of the sharp narrow bends in the loreley. We are following a cruise boat.The black board with the white lights (three on top of each other) in the right of the photo lets up stream traffic know what is coming down stream.
The Maiden of the Loreley
July 18th we set out to go through the treacherous section of the Loreley. But….. not before I talked nice to the Maiden who supposedly has caused so many ship wrecks. She promised to be good to me and indeed she was as the traffic …
St Goar
Yesterday (June 18) we arrived in St Goar. The last stop before going through the “Loreley” The narrowest and fastest flowing section of the Rhine. Legend has it that there is a beautiful maiden on the rocks singing to the sailors transitin…
Castles on the Rhine
The stretch of Rhine from Koblenz to Mains is perhaps the prettiest part of the Rhine and has many old castles.Above are but a few of them.
Visit to Horst and Anni Eckstein
We wanted to go and say hello to Horst and Anni Eckstein who we got to know last year. Horst is a wealth of information especially about where to go and where not to go on the German waterways. After visiting for a while we had to say farewell and we w…
Side trip in Koblenz
After we docked in Koblenz we could not resist to take the dingy and go back up the Moselle to stock up on some fantastic Moselle wine. We ended up in Winnigen at Fries winery. After serious tasting and a tour of the winery we were convinced that this …
Back in Koblenz
After 4 days we are back in Koblenz. This is as far up the Rhine as we made it last year.This picture is taken from our boat as we pass the “Duitsen Eck” the corner of the Rhine and the Moselle. A freighter is passing us and he is carrying a load of ” …
On the way
Peter is at the controls and I take the advantage it by having a snooze on the front deck.
Le reve report 2011-06-17 11:06:00
Our last breakfast with Christie Andy and Bo before we shove off to go up the Rhine on our way to TurkeyAs we leave Duisburg harbor The Dislich fam. is waving at us from the foot bridge that spans the harbor.
