After the castle visit we caught the bus back to the ship. Carey and Linda had visited the fortress that was located just across the river from where the ship was docked and was easily accessed via cable car. Greg and I decided to buy tickets to go check it out.

Greg had a work call he had to take at 6pm local time so we had less than an hour to explore. Greg decided to buy a one way cable car ticket and walk back. The guy at the counter seemed shocked at a one way ticket but Greg assured him he had hours to make the walk back. I was like it’s fine…sell him a one way but I will take the round trip. If he makes it he makes it.

Greg is always confident of his navigation skills even on a city he’s never stepped foot in. But I digress.

We stepped out of the gondola onto a large green park like area. There was a look out point close by so we headed in that direction.

There were beautiful views of Koblenz from the platform.

It was getting close to 6pm so Greg was going to start his walk back towards the boat. The fortress was open to the public free of charge at that time so I thought I’d wander a little bit before heading back. There were a few of our ship mates who had gone to the castle doing the same thing.

Since there was no tour I really don’t know what I was seeing aside from a giant well-built fortress above the city. It was impressive though with impressive views of the city.

I decided to head back to catch the cable car so I could make it back for Gavin’s port talk and dinner. I stalled a little to see if i could get a cable car to myself.

I ran into Jane and Paul as they were coming back from their day. They skipped the excursions to go explore alone for the day and had planned to stop at a pharmacy. I asked if they would get me some ibuprofen and Sudafed. We had to stop in the lobby for our drug deal.

Jane told the pharmacist she was getting Sudafed for a friend. (The last time I bought Sudafed in Europe it was just sitting on a shelf). The pharmacist asked her if her friend knew what she was doing and she said she’s a pharmacist and she said “oh! Then she does!” I’m glad someone has faith in my clinical skills!

Jane said none of the meds were on display. You had to talk to the pharmacist and she would go to a shelf and press a button and a door would open to dispense. Kinda sad I missed this.