Day: 11 September 2009
Rudesheimer Coffee
Rudesheimer is a little town on the Rhine River. It is famous for it’s international wine making school, a Christmas Shop and a very special ‘Rudesheimer Coffee’. The coffee is made from three cubes of sugar which get caramelised when a large shot of brandy is set alight in the cup. Then black coffee is […]
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Rhine River Gorge
We left Cologne after dinner and continued upstream. By 6.00 am this morning, we were entering the beautiful Rhine Gorge with over 80 kilometres of pretty villages, vineyards and twenty or more castles. Many of us weeon the top sundeck as it became light to make sure that we saw this complete stretch of river. […]
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Cologne
Our visit to Cologne took place on a warm sunny day. At first, I was a bit apprehensive about coming here. I’m OK with eating frankfurters in Frankfurt, but I wasn’t sure about drinking perfume in Cologne. I did find out that it is not called 4-7,-11 as we commonly call it, but rather […]
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