After
our visit to Luxembourg, we drove into Germany and on to Trier at the Mosel
River, where we boarded the Viking Odin.
We had the rest of the evening to unpack and settle into our room. Then we toured the boat, took us about 10 minutes. It’s a small boat, about 180 passengers. Tonight we meet the captain and have a “welcome”
dinner. There is only one dining time
and open seating so you can sit at a
different table every meal. A good way
to meet lots of new people. The dress
code is casual.
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We will spend two days sailing the Mosel River to the Mosel and Rhine River junction. Along the way the boat docks at five different ports, but besides Trier, we only explore two other cities; Bernkastel and Cochem and visit a castle in Reichsburg. The other stops are “pick-up” stops. It is very confusing. For instance the boat will dock at a port, let everyone off to do the city tour at a nearby village, then the boat heads for the next port where it will pick up the passengers after the city tour. This is done almost every day. Sometimes we do a city tour in two different villages on the same day. It’s a busy day with lots of sight seeing and little free time. However you see a lot of history and learn a lot.
On the Mosel River, the ODIN stopped at 5 ports and we explored three villages in 2.5 days.
THE LOCKS
The Mosel and Main rivers are full of locks. On the Mosel River we are sailing down hill. So we pull into a lock, watch the doors shut, wait for the water to drain, then we pull into a lower part of the river. This longboat barely fit into the locks. In fact, it would bounce off the sides. That bouncing and shuddering had the same feel as that short moment several weeks ago during the Napa 6.0 earthquake. It was unsettling.
We would stand on our balcony and watch the wall rising as we sunk down into the pit. We could reach out and touch the icky wet and mossy wall.
No I did not touch that wall.
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