On 2 August 2009, Carlos, Danielle, and I had an early breakfast at the St. Goar hostel before checking out and walking down to the riverfront to catch the first Koln-Düsseldorfer cruise ship to Bacharach. Our boat arrived at 10:20 am and we were off, floating leisurely down the Rhine -- it was really sweet. Our cruise was short (only 1.5 hours), but we passed lots of interesting scenery: Burg Katz, the Lorely rock, the 7 Maidens (reefs), Oberwesel, Burg Gutenfels, and Burg Pfalz. The cruise was a nice, scenic way to travel to Bacharach!
After landing at the dock, we walked to our hotel (Pension Lettie) and left our luggage there while we took a quick walk around Bacharach. We found some Riesling gelato and a free town map before we returned to the hotel, checked in, then made our way to Bastian’s Weingut Zum Grüner Baum for lunch -- wine tasting! The three of us shared the wine carousel, cheese platter, and basket of bread. The wine carousel included 15 different wines (mostly white Rieslings from the region) that were all very good; I preferred the less dry, sweet wines. From the cheese platter, I liked the spundekäse (a local soft cheese) the most. This was my first wine tasting and it was really relaxing and fun.
After lunch we hiked up to Werner Kapelle (a gothic cathedral shell) and Burg Stahleck (a castle overlooking Bacharach). The hike took us past tons of vineyards and provided more excellent views of the Rhine and town.
After hiking back down to Bacharach, we stopped by the gelateria (again!) and I had 2 scoops of Riesling gelato, which I ate in the park next to the Rhine. Next, we walked back to town and did a little souvenir shopping before heading back to the hotel for a pre-dinner break.
For dinner, we ate at a nearby pizzeria where I had a great fresh vegetable salad and shrimp scampi pizza (of course I also had a radler to drink!). We walked around Bacharach after dinner, then went to bed -- tomorrow Carlos and I head to Bavaria and Rothenburg ob der Tauber!
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