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    • Day 6

      Von Zell zum Prinzenkopf

      May 15, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Von Zell gehts hinauf zur Marienburg diese lasse ich aber links liegen, das dort von Sonntagsausflügler wimmelt, gleiches gilt für den Aussichtsturm. Der direkt daneben liegende Ehrenfriedhof scheint jedoch kaum die Leute zu interessieren und ist wunderbar schattig, weshalb ich dort längere Zeit verweile.Read more

    • Day 18

      Sweaters and Jackets on

      October 10, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Hello from Treis Karden, Germany. Today Mike and I finished our planned 18 days of biking over about 900 kms. Since Saturday we have been enjoying the beautiful Mosel River valley between Koblenz and Trier. We know lots of people who have visited this region - including 2 Victoria friends who cycled here only a few weeks ago - but this area is a first for both of us. The Mosel is a favorite spot for Germans and other travellers because of the quaint old towns that are strung along the river like beads on a chain. The climate is milder than other areas of Germany and the main industry is wine-making, so what’s not to like! The Mosel river is a major transportation link to the Rhine but unlike the Rhine, this river is full of cruise boats and day-trip boats. Biking is a major activity and we have been cycling on busy trails alongside mostly ebikes. Every few kms there is another huge camp ground with white camper vans lined up facing the river with people sitting in lawn chairs gazing out to Mosel, usually sipping wine.
      As you do when you’re biking, we’ve noticed a lot of things along the way. In one town there was a large group of people wandering around a field looking like they’d all lost their car keys. We finally figured out - after wandering a bit with them - that they were collecting walnuts in green husks that had been falling from the surrounding trees. It wasn’t immediately obvious what the green husks were so we cracked one open - aha!

      The Mosel is fairly narrow and it flows in a series of tight turns. The river banks are steep and every inch is covered in vines. Viticulture was brought to this area by the Romans for a source of wine for their troops. [Wow, I don’t remember anybody worrying about my source of wine when I was in uniform.] We’ve seen some interesting adaptations for harvesting the grapes including a cog railway system going up to the vines carrying bins up and grapes back down. The grapes around here are almost all harvested already but we saw workers high up the slopes by 9 every morning working away on the remaining crop.

      The signs in town all advertise “federweisser” which is the new wine that hasn’t fully fermented. Although we have a no drinking and biking policy, generally, we did stop once at a wine stand along the bike route to taste the federweisser which is very cloudy, sweet and tastes more like grape juice than wine really. It has a low alcohol content because it hasn’t aged.

      Our normal routine has been to, first, power through a German breakfasts - not for small appetites - hitting the trails by 9 and enjoying the mist coming off of the river. The weather has cooled considerably since the start of our journey and we are now full-on sweaters and jackets each morning. The rides have not been backbreaking given our ebikes and the flat terrain. There are lots of places for morning coffee and bakeries to pick up lunch. We’ve stayed in a number of lovely small villages with friendly and efficient proprietors. My only regret as we finish this part of the trip is not having given the city of Trier more time. It is considered the oldest city in Germany and it was one of the 4 capitals of the Roman empire. There are many great things to see and we only scratched the surface. Although the city was heavily bombed during the war, it has been carefully rebuilt. My favorite site was the Basilica of Constantine which was built around 300 AD and contains the largest hall from ancient times.
      Mike’s favourite thing about Trier was Restaurant Kartoffel - meaning potato restaurant. Given that Mike thinks beer and potatoes are two of the main food groups, he was in his glory at this spot and it made up for me dragging him around to all of the historical sites earlier in the day.

      Tomorrow we return our rental bikes which have mostly remained intact with the exception of a light I managed to break off in a spill. We’ll take a few “ admin days” in Koblenz before heading to Italy to RV with Tara. It’s been a great adventure so far and Mike is so pleased wth my navigation skills that he says I am still his favorite “schnuckiputzi”. ( I think I’ve just been called a potato dumpling). Time to hang up the bike shorts. My bike gloves are ready for the burn pile.
      I’ll sign off now from Germany and perhaps pick up again next week when we get to Sicily.
      Love Mom/ Heather
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    • Day 415

      RASMINE - farvel og på gensyn Frankrig

      August 6, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      Der er egenligt ikke det helt store at berette om siden sidst, men der betyder bestemt ikke, at vi keder os.
      Omvendt er jeg næsten heller ikke i stand til st udtrykke mig, for undermunden hænger godt nedad og det af benovelse over alt det smukke vi ser og oplever her på Mosel. Men I skal nu alligevel ikke snydes for en kort beskrivelse af turen fra sidste beretning.
      Efter at Camilla, Jens, Alma, Vega og Holly havde sagt farvel i Nancy, sejlede vi igen af snoede kanaler og fandt en hyggelig havn i Port-a-Mousson. Dejlig havn og så var der ovenikøbet gratis vask og tumling, så der øjnede jeg lige chancen og drog afsted med vaskeposen. Alt gik efter planen, der var kun een vaskemaskine - og den var ledig (trods mange både i havnen og campere på pladsen). Ind med tøjet, nu skulle der vaskes - ak og ve, der gik næsten fem timer før jeg kunne vriste tøjet ud af maskinen igen - tænker nok der var andre, der vidste bedre om den maskine.
      Vi sejlede videre til byen Metz - endnu en spændende by i rækken af mange. Dejlig park til Frida med gode fund af pinde og en aften oplevede vi et helt fantastisk lysshow i parken. I følge Leif - der personligt havde talt med havnefogeden på fransk - skulle det løbe af stablen kl. 21.00, så i rigtig god tid bevægede vi os derhen for det er jo altid rart med en god plads. Klokken blev langt om længe 21, nå men vi er jo i Frankrig, så lidt tålmodighed må man have. Da klokken passerede 22 fik jeg kontakt med sidekammeraten og efter lidt sprogforviklinger gik det op for os, at vi pænt måtte vente til i hvertfald 22.30. Forestillingen varede 20 minutter, men det var værd at vente på og vi har jo masser af tid
      Byen Thionville - flot navn, også det eneste den kunne byde på. Lå i havnen, hvor der lige over os løb to broer, der krydsede over hinanden. Den ene en jernbanebro, den anden en motorvej. Hertil kom på højre side en meget befærdet hovedvej. Nu ved vi, hvordan det føles, at “blive kørt over” at et rangerende tog fire, fem gange i timen hele natten. Trætte sejlede vi videre næste dag, sagde farvel og tak til Frankrig for denne gang og fandt en hyggelig havn i Luxembourg, nær Schengen, som vi selvfølgelig måtte opleve. Vi indgik en ny Schengenaftale, der går ud på at gense Frankrig i båd, når vi bliver gamle😉
      Bare en oplysning til alle de bynavne jeg remser op, og som I nok ikke kender allesammen, så er vores dagssejlladser på mellem 25-35 km.
      Vi er nu på Mosel, den gudeskønne flod. Vorherre har været meget rundhåndet her, floden snor sig som en ål, og på det ene højdedrag efter det andet ses flotte grønne vinmarker så langt øjet rækker og flere dage frem. Jeg synes, at vinstokkene ligner små balletdansere med armene over hovedet, opstillet i lange rækker og geledder lige parat til et hop. Der må være millioner af dem. Og ikke at forglemme gudedrikken, en skøn afkølet Moselvin. Det kniber dog lidt med det afkølede, her er meget varmt. Dagligt sniger temperaturen sig op på 38-40 grader og der er ingen vind - lidt i overkanten for os og ditto for køleskabet. Det er desværre også begyndt at knibe med vandet i floder og kanaler, og vandet er nogle steder så varmt at fiskene dør. Sikke en sommer!
      Trier - Tysklands ældste by - måtte opleves og vi pakkede cyklerne og Frida og havde en hyggelig dag, men men, der er bestemt andre tyske byer, der kan måle sig med den.
      Den videre sejlplan er Koblenz, ca 130 km nord på. Herefter går vi på Rhinen ca 200 km, før vi drejer til højre ind på Rhein Herne kanal, vistnok - efter pålidelig kilde - en kedelig en af slagsen.

      De bedste hilsner og fortsat god sommer til jer alle fra
      RASMINE
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    • Day 2

      Zeller Schwarze Katz

      August 26, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Heute habe ich Kindheitserinnerungen aufgefrischt. Mit meinen Eltern war ich früher oft an der Mosel. Jetzt machen wir hier Kurzurlaub. Wir sind durch Zell gelaufen und anschließend den Weinberg erst gemütlich gewandert, dann den Moselsteig hochgekraxelt. Es lohnt sichRead more

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