Rhine River filled with history and romance of historic tale. The water comes from the Swiss Alps and flows down to its mouth in the Dutch seaside (North Sea) near Rotterdam. That’s after a long journey in the border states of Leichtenstein, Austria, the cities in Germany (from Mainz, Bingen, Bonn, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Duisburg), French, and Dutch. Because of this river through the many countries that carried the names vary. There are at least 4 names Rhein (Germany), Rhine (France), Rijn (Netherlands), and Rhenus (a provision in the European ancestry). But the most popular title is the French version: the Rhine. His name itself comes from the word ‘renos’ which roughly means ‘flowing away’ and indeed the river that flows along approximately 820 miles (1320 km).
Historically, the natives who live downstream or in the Rhine is hului ethnic Germans. The area along the river is known as a very fertile area for agricultural land. Grape widely planted along the edge been eating before, so many wine producers in the area.
The flow of the river winding and clean (although it has been used by many people in various states) and decorated with castle building or the old castle as a picture snake ladder game. Very unique, especially if we can follow the tourist cruise ships (cruise) along the Rhine.
There is one interesting place on the banks of the Rhine River in Cologne. Namely, Chocolate Museum. The building resembles a floating ship in a river. Museum which was opened by Hans Imhoff on October 31, 1993 was located in Cologne, Altstadt-Sud Quarter on the peninsula of the river Rheine. The museum was owned by a consortium of 10 major museums in Germany with an average of about 600 visitors per year thousands of people. Curious what the content of the chocolate museum? Of course all things related to chocolate exhibited there. Starting from the machine used to make chocolate-making techniques to history. What is clear, we can enjoy our chocolates with various forms and variations of the fantastic taste there. But do not ask about the price. Call it, a souvenir of a few pieces of chocolate and post cards to be purchased at a price of 10.70 euros.
Is available at the museum terrace with panoramic Rheine River for coffee, tea, or chocolate. For the moment there is almost no vacant seats for the visitors to enjoy the sun in early summer. The road to the museum is a tour bus stops without a roof (hop-on, hop-off) and train tours that rang with chocolate seller and snacks and a cafe. The museum is open every day except Monday with the admission price of about 7 euros.