Because of our flight delays getting here, we weren't able to do any sightseeing on the day we arrived. That meant we ditched visiting Mainz Cathedral and the Gutenberg Museum as well as Koblenz because we were planning to visit on the way to Cochem and our first hotel stay. We still wanted to see the Deutsches Eck -- "German Corner" - where the Mosel and Rhine rivers join together at Koblenz so we made a quick detour after our Burg Eltz visit. A large statue of Kaiser Wilhelm was erected here in 1897 as a memorial to honor him for unification of Germany after several years of war. The statue was destroyed
by bombing in World War II and a reconstruction of the memorial was completed in 1993. After a quick stop to see St. Castor's Basilica, it was back to the car and continuing our drive exploring the Mosel valley.
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