The overnight ferry from Hull is a great start - even if we do have to sleep in bunk beds! There's a nice restaurant on board that we always go to and this trip they had dancing in the lounge afterward which was tons of fun. We love to go dancing and don't get to go very often - usually because the music doesn't start until 10:30 or 11:00 and I'm in bed at 9:00! We took full advantage, were on the floor for every dance and closed the place down.
After a slightly sluggish start, we breakfasted, togged up in our 30 pounds of leathers and headed off into wildest Belgium. Actually, there may not be any wilds in Belgium, it is the nearest, tidiest country I've seen, even the roads are straight. We had a leisurely day and
after a tootle down the winding road through the Not-Mosel Valley we arrived at our Hotel Karlsmuhle (for 5 years we thought we were going through the Mosel Valley and Steve discovered we weren't. It's not the Mosel Valley. We don't know where it is now, but we do know where it's not!).
Good solid German dinner, pork, cream sauce, locally picked mushrooms and locally produced wines - you can see the vineyards from the hotel windows. More music after dinner! A German band playing all American songs, and they were very good at it. We had a fun listen and
singalong with all the folks in the room, but managed to get to bed before any dancing ensued.
More Germany today.
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