Playing Catch up

It's not easy to keep up on the blog with no internet in our room. So this morning I'll do some catching up.

We left Frankfurt on Sunday and headed for Cochem. A few wrong turns but overall not bad. Thank God for the GPS I can't imagine doing this with maps but I know people have done it. We arrived in Cochem around noon and strolled around. The town center was a buzz with activity as everyone was drinking wine and listening to a local band play in the town square. This weekend was wine festival..... which is paradise for a bunch of boozers like us.

We strolled over to Cochem Castle. It was magnificant. We had a guided tour of the Castle which naturally was done in German but they had some English sheets for us to follow. The Castle has a great vantage point over looking the Mosel River. Clarence and I tried to Sack the Castle but got tired half way up the mountain and had to rest.

We went to the Hotel which is beautiful and checked in and headed back down to the town square for wine. After two bottles of wine we were all pretty happy and warm. I had been practicing my German and turned to a gentleman and in German said, "excuse me please, can you take our picture". He looked at me with a big smile and said "Man I'm British!"
So something out of the Karate Kid Movie.

After supper we stayed out partied with thousands of people in the street and were delighted with an amazing fireworks show. We were in the perfect location across the river as the firewors were shot form the Bridge and over the castle with some even behind us. The fireworks lit up the Castle. It was probably the best Fireworks show any of has ever seen. The Castle being lit up in the background was amazing.

The people were friendly and very orderly despite being intoxicated and so were we. Got home just after midnight.