Sunday, August 10, 2008

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Rhine in Flames

Yesterday, we went on a bus tour organized by the American Women's Club that started out with stops in the small towns of Bacharach and Winningen and included a 2-hour boat trip on the Mosel. The weather was perfect for cruising but there wasn't that much to see along the way. After the boat trip, we sampled wines in a nearby vineyard. Most of them were Rieslings which both B and I found to be too sweet for our palate.

The highlight of the day were the "Rhine in Flames" fireworks over the Ehrenbreitstein fortress where the Mosel and Rhine rivers meet. We found a good spot on the riverbanks (Koblenz side) and waited three hours for the fireworks to start but they were well worth the wait. In the meantime, we ate a couple of bratwursts and drank a couple of beers as there were food booths lined all along the river.

At the start of the show, the fortress was lit up with red flares all over. I tried getting pictures but they wouldn't turn out. I just used video to capture a small portion during the fireworks display. We got home by 3am and fell into bed.

1 comment:

J said...

We might have seen each other in the crowd in Koblenz.