Waiting for the boat in Rudesheim

We arrived in Rudesheim around 12:15 and went right to the boat depot to buy our tickets for the ferry back up to Koblenz.  Our goal was the 14:30 ferry.  When we got to the KD-Ferry desk, we found out that the 14:30 was either not running or sold out, so we had to buy tickets for the 14:15 ferry.  24.75 EUR per adult for a 4 hour boat ride, definitely not a bad price...

Having four hours to kill, we wandered into the central square of the city to start some sightseeing.  There happens to be a little festival set up in the square with local wine tasting, a Bitburger beer tent, a Bratwurst tent, crepes, events for the kids, live music, etc.  We figured we'd start here and taste some of the local wine and grab a Brat for lunch and then look into some sightseeing before being at the boat for the 4PM boarding.  We left the square at 3:45 after around 8 bottles of wine!!!  Hey, the weather was perfect and the wine was very good!  At three bottles for 19.50 (for 6 people to split), how can you complain!!!