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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DAY 5) 16 March 2005 Today was another day of long driving. So we started with a gentle drive across some beautiful wooded hills from Koblenz to reach the motorway. Then we braved the German drivers on the autobahn (Ivy was furious with them!) and drove half the length of Germany to the North coast. We saw several signs on the motorway pointing to `Ausfahrt', which Ivy thought must be a huge city because loads of people were going there, until David pointed out that it means `exit'. There, we met up with Lenette, Ivy's friend from university, and her husband Luz. After the long drive it was excellent to have a nice, relaxing evening with friends, along with a lovely supper. KOBLENZ Koblenz is the city at the meeting point of the huge river Mosel with the even bigger River Rhine. The actual meeting point is known as `German corner', and has a huge statue of Kaiser Wilhelm, Germany's first emperor in the late 19th century (we didn't manage to get a picture of it).
HAUSEN Half way across the glorious wooded hills east of Koblenz was this charming village nestling on a hillside. We took a picture of St Joseph's Church and the grand building next to it, before going into the village and discovering that the grand building appears to be a loony bin.
MUNSTER (which we told Charles was called Monster .... he was nervous!) is two thirds of the way between Koblenz and the coast. We stopped for a rest, and to give Charles some exercise for the day. So we spent the bulk of the time in the playground! We were just starting to enjoy the centre when we noticed that our parking ticket had almost expired, and had to sprint back to the car. Luckily we were just OK!
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