On the bike path from Bernkastel-Kues
to Bruttig-Fankel - our longest day
The map reading seemed to be going
well...
uh-oh!
Robert on his loaded-down bike (bw)
Apple strudel in, hmm,
Traben-Trarbach? (bw)
The famous black cat of Zell
(from where we get Zeller Schwarze
Katz)
Robert and Liza in Zell
Main drag in Zell (jb)
Robert ready to roll after lunch
(during which we were conveniently
under cover during a brief rain
shower)
Zell winery tractor
Lilacs in bloom (bw)
Our hotel in Bruttig-Fankel, the
Hotel Rebstock
Day trip started 2 km upriver
in Beilstein - this is the former
synagogue - medallion above
the door shows a Star of David
embedded in the double-headed
eagle of the Holy Roman Emperor,
indicating they'd be protected...
Robert exploring Beilstein
Burg Metternich ruins overlooking
Beilstein
Approaching Burg Metternich (bw)
View of the Mosel from high atop
Burg Metternich - locks at Fankel
are on the "right" side of the river near
top of the photo
Another view
Bob, John, Robert at Burg Metternich
Robert, Liza, Bob atop the tower (jb)
Our ferry across the Mosel at
Beilstein
On the ferry! (bw)
Approaching Cochem - Cochem Castle
(Reichsburg Cochem) on the hilltop
(bw)
In Cochem, taking the Sesselbahn
chairlift up to the Pinnerkreuz
overlooking the town (our view)
That's us on the chair ahead! (bw)
John & Bob on the chairlift
View of Cochem from the Pinnerkreuz
Dirndls Liza would have liked to
have tried on (bw)
Carving on a middle-ages
building back in Bruttig-Fankel
Next day - heading back through
Cochem en route to Moselkern
Liza & Robert at Cafe Flair, Cochem
Getting ready to roll again!
In Hatzenport (downriver from Moselkern)
killing time until our Hotel Moselkern
re-opened in the afternoon (bw)
John and Bob in Hatzenport
Hatzenport with its old ferry
tower
Robert on the bike path back to
Moselkern
The guys at the Moselkern train
station (little more than a platform)
Hotel Moselkern (jb)
Next up...Burg Eltz! (jb)
First look. In the same family
for 850 years, and never
destroyed (jb)
Liza at Burg Eltz
Burg Eltz gate
Robert & Bob, getting ready
for the walk down
Ringelsteiner Mühle, that's
where we were headed
Robert at the base of the steps to
the river valley below (bw)
View of Burg Eltz - we waited
for the sun to come out
Back in Hatzenport - this time with the
nice Hatzenport municipality flag in
full view (bw)
What Liza didn't have the first time
we visited the little restaurant in
Hatzenport - sparkling Riesling with
a little peach liqueur
Nice wine rack :-)
Ooh, cheesy spätzle! At the
Hotel Moselkern restaurant (bw)
Liza's "dutch crepes" - chicken with
a lovely peanut sauce (bw)
Hey, we're back in Cochem - last
riding day of trip, just after dropping
off the bikes
The historic mustard mill in Cochem -
missed the tour but enjoyed the
mustard tasting (bw)
And once again at Cafe Flair, not only
to have cake and coffee, but because
we all wanted to change out of our
cycling clothes in their
sumptuous bathrooms
St. Martin's church, Cochem (bw)
Robert (and Bob, across the tracks)
at the train station in Cochem
The train station seems to have
seen better days (bw)
We were on the 13:26 back to Koblenz,
they on the 13:29 to Trier (bw)
Robert on the platform
Awwww....celebrating a great cycling
trip with good friends (bw)
Self-portrait!
Liza liked this sign, but couldn't get
a photo of Robert imitating it
School-bus train! (jb)
Bob & John as we pulled out on
our train
Blowing back thru Moselkern
More train photos!
Lovely hats, don't you think?