On Tuesday we travelled from Switzerland back into Germany. The journey started at 8am and we arrived in the small town of St Goar where our dinner and accommodation was 12 hours later at 8pm.
We spent the majority of the day on the coach stuck in traffic stopping only a couple of times for toilet breaks as our coach toilet is blocked and we also stopped in Heidelberg, a small German town home to thousands of university students.
Unfortunately it was raining when we stopped in Heidelberg but we still spent a good hour walking through the main square and checking out the gummi bear shops as Heidelberg is famous for its gummi bears and also it's snowball treats which we tried on the coach. Snowballs are like a big biscuit ball and some are coated in chocolate or icing sugar, they were alright but nothing too special. We also tried beer flavoured gummi bears which smelt like beer but didn't really taste like beer.
We then boarded the coach again and played celebrity heads for a solid 3 hours to not only pass time but distract ourselves from the fact that we were stuck in traffic and desperately needed a toilet.
We finally arrived in St Goar and went straight to our dinner at one of the hotels in town. The dinner was sooooo good. It was a big hearty meal of sausages, potatoes and vegetables, exactly what our hungry and tired bodies needed. After the dinner we crossed the road and went down into a wine cellar which was literally right under the ground. There we tried a number of German wines including "ice wine" which is an expensive wine that is made of grapes which were harvested when they were completely frozen with their centres at -7degrees. Most people really enjoyed the ice wine, I thought it was okay but it was really sweet and I prefer dry wines.
After the wine tasting we drove down the road to our hotel where we all went straight to bed as our trip manager recommended we all have a quiet night to recharge and prepare ourselves for what she calls "Amsterdamage".
We spent the majority of the day on the coach stuck in traffic stopping only a couple of times for toilet breaks as our coach toilet is blocked and we also stopped in Heidelberg, a small German town home to thousands of university students.
Unfortunately it was raining when we stopped in Heidelberg but we still spent a good hour walking through the main square and checking out the gummi bear shops as Heidelberg is famous for its gummi bears and also it's snowball treats which we tried on the coach. Snowballs are like a big biscuit ball and some are coated in chocolate or icing sugar, they were alright but nothing too special. We also tried beer flavoured gummi bears which smelt like beer but didn't really taste like beer.
Main square of Heidelberg
Remnants of castle in Heidelberg
We then boarded the coach again and played celebrity heads for a solid 3 hours to not only pass time but distract ourselves from the fact that we were stuck in traffic and desperately needed a toilet.
We finally arrived in St Goar and went straight to our dinner at one of the hotels in town. The dinner was sooooo good. It was a big hearty meal of sausages, potatoes and vegetables, exactly what our hungry and tired bodies needed. After the dinner we crossed the road and went down into a wine cellar which was literally right under the ground. There we tried a number of German wines including "ice wine" which is an expensive wine that is made of grapes which were harvested when they were completely frozen with their centres at -7degrees. Most people really enjoyed the ice wine, I thought it was okay but it was really sweet and I prefer dry wines.
Dinner in St Goar
Wine tasting
After the wine tasting we drove down the road to our hotel where we all went straight to bed as our trip manager recommended we all have a quiet night to recharge and prepare ourselves for what she calls "Amsterdamage".
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