Saturday & Sunday July 27/28 - St. Goar

We arrived at our hotel in St. Goar, Germany about 5 pm. We checked into the Hotel Rheinfels, on the Rhein River.

                                                                     St Goar Sign

St. Goar is one of the many towns on the banks of the Rhein River. It is linked by the Loreley Ferry to its sister town St. Goarshausen right across the river. There are many little towns on either side of the Rhein. 

Tom & I on our balcony

                          There is a fantastic view from our balcony. See the castle high up on the hill?

We went for a walk into town. There are shops and places to eat on either side of the main street. There is a shop that sells only beer steins. There is one store that sells a lot of cuckoo clocks, and in front, is the world’s largest free-hanging cuckoo clock.

Tom & I in front of a store that sells many cuckoo clocks.

             

Free-hanging cuckoo clock

Germany is known for their clocks which are handmade and come from the Black Forest, which is a wooded mountain range in southwestern Germany.

We found a neat outdoor café for dinner

and after we finished our “Germany cuisine”, we went for a walk along the Rhein River.

 It was a very warm night (90’s). We sat on one of the park benches to watch the shipping freighters go by. They are very low because they have to travel under bridges. The Rhein River is a very busy waterway with up to 250 boats passing by St. Goar every day.

On our walk back to the hotel, we spotted this 2 person vehicle parked just down the street. I took this picture for you Bob!

Shortly after our return to the hotel I took this picture from our balcony.

                                                Good night Rhein River, until tomorrow.

NOTE: apparently there is more than one spelling for the Rhein {this is the German way}