Our first real day of riding the Mosel Radweg. We woke to blue skies and a beautiful view from our room across the river. The paved cycle path is of a high standard and the Mosel valley is absolutely gorgeous. Extremely steep hillsides covered in grape vines tower over the narrow valley.
The first stop of the day was Eltz castle. A ride along a muddy track and a two kilometre trek up to the castle were well worth the effort. The castle and the valley itself are like something out of an Arthurian adventure.
We stopped for lunch and a rest from the heat in Cochem, a lovely town but packed with tourists.
Castles on hills, beautiful towns by the river, lovely riding, buy hot today, Tracey's bike computer displaying 36deg at one point.
Riding in to Bullay we stopped at the first private zimmer we saw. The lady some no English but we managed, and she seemed very pleased to have some Australian guests.Having a beer by the river in the evening a helicopter flew down the valley and proceeded to spray the vineyards above the town on the other side.
Can you spot our washing?
The first stop of the day was Eltz castle. A ride along a muddy track and a two kilometre trek up to the castle were well worth the effort. The castle and the valley itself are like something out of an Arthurian adventure.
We stopped for lunch and a rest from the heat in Cochem, a lovely town but packed with tourists.
Castles on hills, beautiful towns by the river, lovely riding, buy hot today, Tracey's bike computer displaying 36deg at one point.
Riding in to Bullay we stopped at the first private zimmer we saw. The lady some no English but we managed, and she seemed very pleased to have some Australian guests.Having a beer by the river in the evening a helicopter flew down the valley and proceeded to spray the vineyards above the town on the other side.
Can you spot our washing?
Yeah we had 35 deg C in Germany in May! You'll have lovely tans when you get back. We went to melb this weekend and it rained all the way back to Albury. Uggh, you're not missing much. Enjoying the blog, BTW.
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