The following morning we had an orientation session at the Hotel Loreley with other Untours clients who were staying along the Rhine in other villages. There were couples from Texas, Virginia and California-all in their mid to late 70s. Our hostess was Ute Beckman Schilin, the Untours local representative. She was a charming and attractive young lady who gave us an introduction to the area and the various tourist sites we could visit. Since we all had rail/boat passes, she filled us in on how to best use trains and the KD steamers on Rhine, etc. As we had our morning coffee she readily answered our questions and at the end gave us a packet with numerous tourist folders and DB rail schedules. On a nearby table were a number of additional brochures from which we could select those of interest. At the conclusion of the orientation we had lunch served by the hotel.

In the afternoon we took the ferry (see next page) across the river to St. Goarhausen and did a walkabout. After returning to St. Goar I located the Internet Cafe in the Hotel Montag, about two blocks from our apartment. We had dinner about 7:00pm and since it was still light until almost ten o'clock, we took a walk along the river promenade. We were fascinated by the huge volume of river traffic that seemed to go on 24 hours a day.