Oberlahnstein - over the Rhine

This site is high up on a hill overlooking the Rhine and and Lahne rivers and right next to Burg Larrech, a fine old castle with restaurant attached. We were pitched on the lower terrace looking out over the Rhine, with Koblenz and Lahnstein below and a fine view of a fully restored castle on the opposite bank, which was beautifully floodlit at night.

Sitting up here one of the Rhine's shortcomings became immediately apparent. It is the busiest railway route in the whole of Europe and has trains thundering down BOTH sides of the river until late at night.

With such a wonderful position we didn't move much over the weekend. Just walked over to the castle, which was closed for a wedding, then chilled in the sunshine whilst counting the barges and trains. Had a BBQ and watched Man Utd be humbled by Barcelona on the satellite, which is still bringing in a surprisingly good signal on Astra 2D.