KOBLENZ

Where the Rhine meets the Mossell, another fast flowing river, is the town of Koblenz. A wonderful way to enter the city. Even more interesting, the captain had to back up from the Rhine into the Mossell.

We got in around noon and Anna and I decided to find a postal center…me to send home two tote bags of shoes, postcards, and tote bags; Anna, the whiskey she purchased for her son yesterday (for 107E ….(boy, she must really love her son….LOL). We found the center, after a few wrong turns, and Anna learns that she can’t ship liquor to the States. I, on the other hand, got my box all packed, filled out the shipping information and went to the counter. Yeah, yeah, yeah…you know something happened…well it turns out I needed a German address in the ‘shipper’ box. ‘Hey, Lady, I’m on a ship.’ Well, I’m in Germany…YOU VILL DO AS I SAY!!!!! And so I carried the box back to the ship and will have to hope and pray that JP will have room in his duffel bag when he heads back to NJ.

Side note…facetimed with Jennifer today and JP is in his glory. He said Rome was beautiful, they went to Siena, did Florence and will beheading to Venice tomorrow. His Italian has improved immensely, he’s had his first Italian beer, and completely forgot about baseball. Maybe I can spend the summer in Italy and have my own interpreter to.

We headed into town for our daily ‘walking tour’ and found an irresistible city. Even though the ‘old town’ was just a few square blocks, the architecture was wonderful and there were so many statues and monuments dotting the city. One particular monument shows the history of Koblenz, from it’s founding through WWII.

Enjoying my German wine and waiting for dinner at 7. They are feeding us too good and too often. A full meal at lunch and dinner…appetizer, soup, entrée, dessert, wine/beer. I’m going to hate to get on the scale when I get home!!!!

Tomorrow we’re off to Cologne (Koln). Problems again with pix