Rudesheim

Wednesday the 2nd May we find ourselves in the charming village of Rudesheim. We are now on the Rhine River. Not many shops open, as new year, as well as the tourists season has finished and many stores will not be open until March.
Today was quite cold with light rain.
We all had a delightful train ride to Siegfried’s musical museum and through the town. After our tour through this museum with the most wonderful collection of all things musical, we strolled back to the boat through drunken alley and the quaint streets.

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Drunken alley..

Great window shutters, this was in drunken alley, a very narrow street.

The music museum.

Our train ride to the musical museum.

Lovely painted ceilings

A lovely collection of all things musical.

After our tour we explored the town, not much open, most stores were closed and will not open until March, when the season begins again

This evening we are attending a three course dinner at Burg Namedy, hosted by Princess Heide Von Hohenzollern and her family.

We ere served canapés and champagne, then had a three course meal and was treated to a piano recital by an up and coming young pianist, he was brilliant. We were all allowed to wander around the palace to explore. An enjoyable evening was had by all.

La Grange, Texas Quilt Museum and The Astros win!

Thursday and Friday was quilt show and shopping, on Saturday, a good part of the group went on a two hour drive to La Grange. The reason for going to La Grange was to visit the Texas quilt museum.

On arrival into La Grange we got to explore the town, whilst the first group visited the museum, there were a lot of shops surrounded by a town square. I scoured the antique shops hoping to find a vintage quilt, that might have been able to come home with me, no quilts but a few other goodies travelled back to Australia with me.

La Grange

Murals painted on the side of the building.

DH viewing the quilts on display.

We were lucky enough to visit the museum, when they had a Susan Shie exhibition. I have seen photos of Susan's quilts in magazines but to see them in real life was wonderful. Susan is legally blind and all her quilts are air brushed and very political.

Susan wants her quilts to be photographed, so her message is sent out to the world.

I get the feeling that she liked Obama, but not Hilary.

The museum also has a lovely garden at the side.

After our visit and lunch we made our way back to the hotel and a group dinner, Italian themed was planned for our meal, our last night, for tomorrow we fly home.

Being in Houston, when their baseball team wins their first game ever, was not fun. When

 trying to get back to the hotel after  walking around the quilt show for 7 hours, I decided to catch a cab back to the hotel, not a good idea in hindsight. 1 1/2 hours later and $32 of going no where, I got out of the cab and still had to walk the 10 blocks back to the hotel. Not happy Jan......

There was a parade at 2pm and most of the streets were closed and traffic was chaos, not fun.

Astro supporters, even the kids got a day off school.

Good on them for winning, but I would have preferred not to be anywhere near the crowds.

This concludes our great quilting tour.

DH held his own with 37 other mad quilters, entertained the women and still had a smile on his face. 

I feel blessed to have shared this experience with him, but I have also promised  him, no more international quilt shows, as my bucket list has been filled.

Until our next adventure, adios!