It’s not often I would post a picture of food, but this is is classic stuff; Bratwurst im brotchen, mit Senf; Roast sausage, in bread with mustard. Now, it is roughly 40 years since I last had this meal in Germany. It remains to this day, one of my favourite fast foods. Might not be healthy, but it is delicious. I was determined to have at least one.
Today, we sailed from Ruddesheim to Koblenz. We’d had a Land train tour of the vineyards of Ruddesheim and got dropped off in the centre of town, which is only a few minutes walk from where the boat was berthed. I think it was around midday we set off for Koblenz.
To sail downstream through the Rhine Valley-Gorge is to float through the turbulence of Germanic history in chapters marked by Castles, built on what seemed to be the most awkward hillsides (are 160 metre high almost vertical cliffs really just hills?) – to even begin to appreciate the effort that must have been expended to build these places, you really do need to see it.
We arrived in Koblenz in time for afternoon tea, of which, we did not partake. Instead, we headed for the cable car that would take us over the Rhine to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, where we spent only just a few minutes (no, we certainly did not do the place justice. Time, unfortunately, was against us).
From the cable car,we tried to visit the Deutsches Eck, a large monument marking the meeting of the Moselle and the Rhine. Unfortunately, it was blocked off from the public due to an event taking place.
This is where I saw the imbiss and had the Brattie. A perfect end to that part of the day.
Bills Posts 