Thursday - July12

We said goodbye to Peter, but really hope we don't wait another 24 years to see him again. The 4 days we spent with Peter were great. We laughed, smiled, and had a absolute good time. He was a wonderful host and showed us some areas of Germany that I am sure we would have never found on our own. Thank you Peter!! We left Peter's in the morning, stopped one more time in Rheinbach and then headed south. We started on the autobahn where the suggested speed limit was approximately 83 mph....... and I kept up with the best of them in my VW Passat. We left the autobahn in Koblenz and then followed the Rhine River south for most of the remaining part of the day. Driving along the Rhine and viewing the hills, valleys and small towns was again quite breathtaking. I had to stop every few miles to take picture after picture. Sorting these will be a task. We drove past the famous Lorely rock along the way and when we reached Rudesheim, we were "forced" back onto the autobahn to continue toward our final destination of the day...... Heidelberg. We arrived in Heidelberg at about 5:30 PM, checked into our hotel and headed out on the town. We found a great brewery/restaurant, ate typical German food and washed it all down with some great dark beer from the brewery (why can't they make beer like this in the U.S.????) After a great dinner and relaxing evening on the town we returned to our hotel by 10:30 for a solid night sleep.