The excursion and the conference dinner will take place on Wednesday August 1st.
At 14:30 buses will pick up the participants at the university campus and take them to explore the area's hystorical sites of Kloster Eberbach, where there will be a tour by professional, English-speaking guides, and a sampling of wines from the surrounding vineyards with some snacks.
At 16:45 the bus will take participants from Kloster Eberbach to Rüdesheim.
From 17:00 to 19:00, participants will be on their own in Rüdesheim and have opportunity to stroll among the half-timbered buildings of the old town and Drosselgasse, see castles and vineyards, and sip local riesling and pinot noir in Medieval settings. For the fit participants, an interesting option is also to walk up the stone steps of the Niederwald Monument for an up-close look at the stunning views of the Rhine valley, beneath a 10m-tall (34ft) Germania statue.
At 19:00 participants will board the cruise ship Robert Stolz and enjoy a buffet conference dinner on the Rhine River with views of the Niederwald Monument and Biebrich Palace before returning to Mainz. It is approximately a three-hour trip and the boat will stop in Mainz. We will have to exit the boat by 23:00.
