This is the largest free-hanging cuckoo clock in the world and hangs on the outside of a gift shop which sells hundreds of different cuckoo clocks. On the opposite side of the road we were treated to a talk on authentic beer steins and, again, they had the world's largest example on display in their shop. After a meal above the shop most members of the group went to a wine tasting, while the remainder went for a walk on the banks of the river. Towns like this are all along the banks of the German part of the Rhine while castles are scattered across the hillsides. This castle is now a hotel.
Much German wine is produced in the Rhine Valley and the vineyards cover the hillsides.
The geometric patterns are very distinctive and control the run-off of rain water. Our Hotel Our hotel was in Bad Salzig, a few kilometres from St. Goar. The accommodation was of good tourist class and the atmosphere in the bar was very pleasant. If you get chance, there is an excellent ice-cream parlour in St. Goar, about 50 metres from the beer stein shop. Someone had gone through the can picking out all of the glace cherries and had put a single cherry in the centre of each person's bowl of fruit.