It was a wet day on Monday, the first for quite a while, but in between the showers we walked around Wertheim and climbed up to the castle ruins above the town and took in the sweeping panorama.
The next day we cruised down to possibly the prettiest village on the Main, Miltenberg where we had stopped for two days on the way up.
Set on the edge of the vast Odenwald forest, the town attracts visitors by the thousand but from our quiet quay a few minutes walk from town, the town looked lovely in the warm evening light.
Next day we headed for Aschaffenburg and tied up at the very friendly Nautilus Boat Club where we stayed last time. It is the best mooring on the River Main and we stayed there three nights awaiting the arrival of Tracy from Zurich on Friday.
Saturday saw us heading for Frankfurt on a perfect hot day (34C) where we tied up in the Westhaven at our usual mooring.
Today we wandered around the old town which quite frankly is very overstated and tried to escape the heat of the afternoon sun under an umbrella. We managed to get the English Sunday papers at the railway station which is not far away so we had something to read in English for a change.
This week we head down the Rhine through the very challenging Rhine Gorge, the fastest, narrowest, busiest, most hectic part of the Rhine. Once we start there is no turning back. Then we turn into the quiet, non commercial River Lahn and cruise gently up river to Limburg. More next week.
