We filled the BMW today. €170!!!! And it wasn’t completely empty. I don’t think Graeme likes it now lol.
After the dogs had a check up at the vet we left poor Luisa working at home, and set off to Koblenz, one hour and 4 minutes away according to Google maps. Pretty accurate. This is the town where the Moselle joins the Rhine.
Koblenz was a military post, circa 8BC. Quite hard to comprehend really. Its name originates from the Latin word cōnfluentēs, which means ‘at the confluence’. It is now known as German Corner, a symbol of the unification of Germany that features an equestrian statue of Emperor William I. The city celebrated its 2000 anniversary in 1992.
A monastery stood here from at least the 12th century. Under Napoleon it was an agricultural operation.
The Fort, completed in 1827, was named after the brother of the Russian Tsar Alexander I, Konstantin Pavlovich. It served as an observation point for a much larger fort, not in existence now, for Kaiser Alexander. It was a bunker during WWII and then a refuge for bombed families before falling into disrepair. Over the past 30 years it has been preserved and is now used for concerts and events.
It was a cloudy old day so photos are a bit dull. Lunch today was very tasty Vietnamese. Home made pizzas for dinner. Covering all nationalities. Delish.
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