Koblenz and Cochem

We spent a night in Koblenz, the city where the Moselle and the Rhine merge at the "Deutschen Eck". Koblenz came across as a nice place to visit, but perhaps not on a cold winter's day. It was carnaval weekend in this part of Germany, meaning there were preparations for the processions that take place on Rosenmontag.

Following a night at the Wohngut Hotel on the outskirts of Koblenz, a nice reasonably priced place, but with beds not terribly comfortable, we headed to Cochem to look at the castle there. Following a guided tour of the castle, we headed back home.

Overall this was a nice short weekend away, but this part of the world is not really suited to tourism in Ferbruary. It even snowed on the Monday morning. A lot of things were shut (such as the cabel car across the Rhine in Koblenz) and on the Monday it was hard to find a restaurant open in the afternoon, given that Monday's are traditionally a day off for restaurants.

Koblenz

The Kaiser-Wilhelm monument at the Deutschen Eck.

This is not a clock, but a water level meter. The Rhine was at 4.90m.

The Deutschen Eck, where the Moselle and the Rhine merge, seen from the castle across the river.

Cochem

This knight's plate armour was about 2.2m tall.