Koblenz

From Gutersloh we again trained it, this time to Koblenz.  This is a very busy touristy town due to it's location at the confluence (a big word for me confluence) of the Moselle with the Rhine river. It is also at the northern end of the Rhine gorge, the drive down which was one of the reasons to be here.  

 Don't ask, I have no idea.

The Rhine. The Ehrenbreitstein Fortress.  According to Wiki, this hill has been a fortification for over three thousand years.

These cruise 'ship' are enormous.  This one had a putting green on the top deck.

There was one little cutie.

The meeting of the two rivers is marked by the Rhine's polluted water.  So many leisure and commercial boats ply up and down, no wonder there is what looks like a permanent oil slick on the water.