Germany & the Moselle River with Darren, Midi & Marguerite

Germany & the Moselle River 


The day had come for our boat trip along the Moselle river. We boarded the boat in Liewen and had a lovely two hour trip to a small town of Bernkastel.

In Bernkastel-Kues we wondered through the town admiring the medieval marketplace with its gabled timber-framed houses from the 17th century. We jumped on the city train which takes us through the beautiful town, across the river and up to the highest point with amazing views of the Moselle River.

Today was games day, we played indoor Ten pin bowling, outdoor boules and a dutch game known as 'Sjoelbak'.
Every game was competitive, especially the outdoor boules!
Sjoelbak also known as shuffleboard, which involves sliding discs down a board into targets to score points. What fun we had, many showing an obvious knack for the game!

We spent the day at Wild & Freizeitpark in Klotten, this is a large amusement park with animals and rides. We saw grizzly bears and loved feeding the deer.
Everyone had great fun going on all the rides, whizzing down the giant slide, getting 
 wet on the water rotunda and to finish off with a sedate ride on the teacups!

 

Wine tasting afternoon, for those who wished to partake. We had the opportunity to sample wines from the region and offer our feedback. The wine went down very well, although we had a lot to learn before we become wine connoisseurs!

 We visited Saarbrucken, the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland and situated near the French boarder. Viewing the Basilica which is a stunning Catholic Church near the town hall, the interior is amazing; white, gold and pink columns. 

 Most of our evenings were spent watching great entertainment and of course lots of singing and dancing under the stars!