Friday 5th July - Sankt Goar

There was only a small supermarket in the town, so we decided to cross the Rhine on the ferry boat to go to a bigger one, for essential stores......beer and wine mostly!  There is a bit of a storage problem for us with the wine - we tend to go for wine boxes in France, as they take up less space than bottles but it seems not possible to find boxes in Germany, so we have an unstable pyramid of bottles in our drinks fridge!
The ferry was fascinating, sliding, crab wise across the strong current and needing no ropes to tie off, instead a kind of metal claw that clamped onto a notch, whereupon the boat slewed round to straighten up, allowing the cars and foot passengers to alight......brilliant!
The walk to the supermarket was a bit longer than Crew expected, due to the fact that a barrier that was down for the railway happened to be permanently closed, so we had to cross by means of an underpass.
We did the shopping, then found a cafe to have a cold beer, before getting the ferry back across for lunch.  We found a restaurant which seemed popular as we had to wait a few minutes for a table to be free.  The men had fish and Crew a beef carpaccio - all pretty good.  Then back to the boats for a siesta.
We thought we should patronise the friendly little clubhouse by having drinks there in the evening - we had all enjoyed the Riesling very much and had thought to ask where they bought it from.  We were told that the supplier was about 3 km away.  Thinking in the region of two cases, we asked whether they could be delivered here - always so obliging, our harbourmaster agreed.  A rough price of €7 was suggested, so we agreed and will wait, hopefully, for a delivery!
TV a bit patchy but we managed to watch Notting Hill for about the ninth time, and bed.