Ok so Gill has filled you in on most of what happened yesterday which in reality is good because you see, all she mainly is responsible for is that, accommodation, where to next and all that stuff, so really it is good to see her using her literary skills. Come to think of it am not to sure just what other duties the washing fairy has (for those of you who don’t know, that is Garey), well that is apart from having his own yes that’s right own iron that he takes on hol’s with him, mmmmmmm strange breed really!!
This morning we have woken up on the Rhein a beautiful place and as Gill described has about three million boats up and down the river and trains every forty eight seconds.
Yesterday, that is Saturday, as I am actually writing this on Sunday afternoon, we had once again about 6 hours in the car off and on with various stops along the way. I must admit that for some reason I was sleepy yesterday so Sharryn drove a great deal of the way with me only filling in the gaps and the last bit through the hills to Boppard.
Today that is Sunday we have really been exceedingly lazy. After another amazing breakfast we started the day with a ride up the chairlift to view the four lakes (BTW I could only see 1!). Gill is now telling me that I am wrong, oh well that’s not too far off of normal, the four lakes is just an imagination – at the hilltop you can see four bends in the river, amazing stuff really. (Mind you if you ask me that’s a bit stupid if you are supposed to see four bends why the $%$#@ don’t they just say that!)
Garey actually caught the chairlift as well which was fortunate for him otherwise he would have had about a two hour walk. At the top even though I did not see all of the lakes I did partake in one of my favourite occupations that starts with an ‘f’. No, not that silly I was talking about food – that’s right the first apple strudel since arriving.
This afternoon we took a boat trip up the Rhein to a small place called St – Goar, the place could have actually been quite interesting had it not rained just as we arrived and lasted for about half an hour, which was the precise amount of time that we were there. Well never mind got some R&R and sat around on a boat for a few hours.
The weather – well it has varied quite a bit from really summery to bucketing with rain, tonight was one of those bucketing nights. You see Sharryn had decided to put on her ‘pretty clothes’ to go out to dinner, I think really to try and shame Gill and I for wearing our other stuff yet again and we set off to walk to the restaurant area – halfway there and God decided to empty the great big bathtub that he has in the sky. Well at that point pretty clothes were very wet the rest were not too bad. You see we sheltered under a tree not Sharryn she ran for an archway and the more she ran the more the gods rained on her!!
Anyway eventually the rain stopped or at least lessened to drizzle status and we went and found this cute little restaurant where we could all dry out and enjoy a great meal and of course a couple of bevies.
(Note to self, look for place for washing fairy to perform duties, situation getting desperate he has only done one duty thus far and I am running out of undies! )
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