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A Handful of Day Trips

Now that we have a small person in tow, we take a lot more day trips rather than longer vacations. Here are a few of our favorites around the Mainz/Wiesbaden area: Koblenz : You can drive along the Romantic Rhine from Mainz to Koblenz, and stop at any of the scenic towns along the way. I like Bingen and St. Goar for their size and charming castles. Don't miss the famed Loreley rock, where many sailors met a tragic end upon distraction by the lovely woman on the cliff. Koblenz is a small town with a big castle that you can either get to by car, or seilbahn . We took the latter, enjoying a beautiful view of the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers. Up high, we had a perfect view of the Deutsches Eck , marked by a giant statue of the ever-present King Ludwig. We also noted the ice cream shop near the Eck for later... this turned out to be a fruitful observation (important note: it's much cheaper to takeaway your ice cream, rather than eat there). The castle was a little to