The (Un)romantic Rhine

We're in the Rhine area now, in a small town called Bacharach. I stayed here with my aunt during our trip to Europe in 2001 and the town hasn't changed a bit. We are staying in an old, creaky, and freezing cold hotel with a big 1,000 year old tower. The grandparents have been on a boat tour most of the afternoon and I, having 'been there, done that' as far as the Rhine area goes, have been here at the hotel frantically working on my paper. The fact that my only access to the internet is this pathetically slow (windows) computer in the lobby is not helping. Research is impossible, and this is not only adding to my stress level but will very likely result in an early return to Tübingen tomorrow.