This morning we arrived in Koblenz, a city the sits on the banks of the Rhine and Moselle Rivers. We learned that this area was first settled by Romans (or as the lady we were talking with described them, men in mini-skirts – haha) in 8 BC.
Instead of staying in this town today we decided to go a see a medieval town down the road that is still the same as it was 700 or so years ago. It’s called Limburg.
We walked through the little town and up the cobblestone hill to the colourful cathedral that was built and re-built over many years giving it a bit of a complicated look. It’s undergoing some renovations so we had to imagine what was underneath the canvas on the twin towers, but it was still very impressive. Over all the cathedral has seven spires with the tallest in the centre reaching 66 metres (6.5 metres shorter than it was in 1774 when it was struck by lightning).
We even got to take a peek inside, it’s so majestic and the roof is so, so tall. It’s hard to imagine that when it was built they did everything by hand, even cutting all the curves for the brick arches.
We continued wandering the streets and looking at all the old houses, they’re called ‘half timber’, and were built in the 1700s. And they’re still standing! Although if you look closely the one in the picture on the right is leaning very forward, but we heard that it was made that way and isn’t ready to fall over.
After a day of walking around we needed a pampering, so we decided to go for massages, Ayu, the lady in the boat is always happy to soothe sore muscles.
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