Turns out we didn’t have to be off the boat right after breakfast, so Mer and I took a quick tour of Koblenz so she could see some of the things we had seen yesterday. I had wanted to find the “Spitting Boy” fountain that we had somehow missed, and it turns out it was right across from the bank where we got money! Not sure how we missed seeing it, but maybe because we were so focussed on finding a bank! Managed to find a pharmacy so Mer could pick up some sinus meds for Richard who was feeling quite awful. I also picked up some paracetamol for my aching body!!
Back on board for a bit, then the three of them went into town for a coffee while i stayed with the luggage. Took a cab to the train to catch our train to Frankfurt for our flight to Catania tomorrow. Funniest thing - at the station was a huge group of what we assumed might be university students, mostly young women, who were dressed in the traditional Oktoberfest dirndl skirts. They were singing and dancing and generally just having a blast. Turns out their train was over an hour late, so they had been there a long time! At one point a small group of them started doing the Cotton-Eye Joe line dance. When their train finally arrive, they were whooping and hollering as they boarded! It was great fun!
Our trip was not nearly as lively, and we arrived at the Frankfurt airport train station. Now that is one busy place! Took us a while to get oriented and find a cab to our airport hotel, the Moxie.
Once we got settled in, Irv and I went for a walk in a nearby park and then stopped for a beer and a radler. Connected with Mer for an early dinner, because Richard still wasn’t feeling much like eating. Mer and I went for a short walk, then we called it a night because we had to get up to catch a cab to the airport at 4:30 for our 6:50 flight to Catania, Sicily.