Our departure from Frankurt did not go according to plan. It should have begun with a very early train to Konigswinter where we wanted to see a pretty mountain and park, then a cruise down the Rhine to Bonn, before seeing the sights of Bonn and taking the train on to Brugge. Here is what actually happened.
We began the day with laundry, still in Frankfurt. We had planned to do this on Sunday, but apparently laundromats are closed on Sundays. Who knew? So we already had to make a later start of it.
By noon we had left the city, but we realized there was no time to see Konigswinter, and were seriously rethinking the Rhine cruise. Apparently the train is much faster than a boat, even one going downstream.
Of course, all of our ideas of taking a cruise went out the window when we realized that to get to the departure point on our cruise to Bonn, we would have to switch trains in Bonn - backtracking is not our style. So the cruise was out (sorry mom, I know you reccommended it, but it just wasn't meant to be).
We did make it to Bonn, where we toured the Beethoven Museum (in his birth home) and walked along the Rhine (about as close to a cruise as we got in Germany) before taking a late train into Brugge. It ended up being a lovely afternoon, despite our failed plans.
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Hi!
Well it's good to leave some adventures for another trip to Europe. Exploring the clockmaking towns of SW Germany, hiking through the Black Forest and samping Schwartzwald Cake at the tea houses, floating down the Rhine, would make a great trip. I would love to take that trip! More my style than bouncing around on waves in a sailboat ( I say this after a windy afternoon).
Margaret
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