Mon 4 Aug- we woke up at 6:30 for the city tour, but when we looked out, it was raining and a chilly 15 C. We decided to skip the tour, which included walking. We had the breakfast buffet, quite good and a larger selection of food than we've had in a long time.
Back in the cabin, we unpacked and organized our stuff for the next week. The ship 'set sail' at 11 am, cruising down the Mosel River. We had buffet lunch, rather than sit-down so we could have a nice salad. Stan found an interesting book in the library, 'Godel, Escher, Bach: and Eternal Golden Braid' by Douglas R. Hofstadter. He seems to investigate the source of conciousness via logic, art and music. It's interesting, but at 777 pages, I probably will not be able to finish it during the cruise.
The ship went through several locks to lower us to the next level; apparently there are a lot of locks - we fit through with just inches to spare on each side - a crewman pused us off so we didn't scrape the sides.
We arrived in Bernkastel about 4 pm, our first stop, and went out for wine tasting and a walking tour at 5:15. Returned for at 7:30; apparently all the dinners are sit-down full service, not buffet, so we had another gourmet meal: shrimp cocktail or tomato & mozzarella cheese; muligitawney soup; fish, pork or spinach-filled pancakes; Captain Morgan ice cream (yes, rum-flavored!), accompanied by a nice Mosel white wine: 2006 Hermes Krover Paradies Riesling, Kabinett Halbtrocken.
The evening entertainment was a group of 8 German folk dancers dressed in traditional costume, who gave a demonstration of the various dances.
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