St.Goar, Koblenz

Travelled : 95km
Stay: Bad Bodendorf- Stellplatz €6/24hrs, € water & electricity,  with dump point 500m over the river. N50.54990 E7.21741
Visited: St.Goar,  Koblenz

With the rain spatering on our windscreen we set off down river to St.Goar.

Pfalz castle it's in on island. Used to collect tolls by stretching a chain across the river.

The worlds largest free hanging handcrafted cuckoo clock !

The company who made this bear was the maker of the first brown bear.

  Having visited 2 years ago we only stopped briefly and then continued on to Koblenz.  

Cruise boat on the Rhine

The famous vineyards on the Rhine.

Marksburg Castle.

We parked in a free stop about 2km from the centre of town (N50.36569 E7.57383). We got the bikes off for the first time and road along the Mosel into town to the Duetsches Eck - the 'German corner'. This is where the Mosel flows into the Rhine and there is an enormous equestrian statue of Emperor Wihlem I. 

We walked along the Rhine and then towards the old quarter. The streets were full of people from the cruise boats and bus tours. 

A very different fountain where the spitting boy can catch you unawares!

Another fountain depicting the towns history.

An interesting statue.

We made our way to have a look at the Liebfrauenkirche. 

Then it was to the funny face under the clock at Florinsmarket whose eyes move to the seconds and pokes it's tongue out on the half hour. 

We also took photos of the famous street corner, Am Plan, with the ornate facades on its 17th century buildings. 

We then passed the once fortified residence of the Alte Burg on our way back to the bikes.

 We weren't in the mood to sit out the rest of the afternoon,  so we got Bluey fired up and continued northwards, having  a look at a couple of possible overnight stops on the way before ending up here in Bad Bodendorf near the thermal baths and sporting complexes.  We went for a stroll into the village which did have a few lovely half timbered houses, before cooking dinner.