GERMANY

After a wild 18hrs in Amsterdam we set off again in the coach to cross the border into Germany! We arrived at St. Goar in the Rhine Valley by dinner time which included 'spätzle' - a kind of egg noodle made in Germany which I'd never seen before but loved. After dinner we walked through the tiny streets of St Goar and down into a basement cellar for a night of wine tasting. I love wine so it was a real treat to sit side by side with new friends and sample the wine that the region is famous for - not to mention Eiswein! Eiswein (ice wine) is made while the grape is frozen after naturally freezing on the vine in winter to produce a sweet wine with higher alcohol levels -...