The Mosel River Valley

It was another holiday weekend here in Belgium, so we decided to go the the Mosel River Valley in Germany. Craig thought this was going to be one of our best trips and I think he was right. It was exactly what I imagined Germany to be - clusters of houses with large church steeples in the center surrounded by mountions. The mountains around the river are covered with vineyards. I don't know how they pick the grapes because it is so steep.

We stayed in a guest house in Valwig, right along the river. Because there were four of us, they let us stay in the only apartment they had. It had a terrace and Colin wanted to go out and eat on it first thing every morning.

Our first stop was Trier, the oldest town in Germany. It was settled by the Romans and there were amazing remants of Roman buildings. They almost looked out of place amidst the other German architechture. We picked up some sausages and saurerkraut for dinner and traveled along the river back to the guest house.

The mountains were dotted with castles on our trip back. Some were still intact and others were in ruins. Craig started to talk about how cool it would be to live in a castle. He was saying that with John Davis' help, we could rebuild a castle and make it practical for living. Below is a great example of a castle Craig thought we could rebuild.!??!

Sunday we visited Burg Eltz. It was hard to believe that it is privately owned and that a family lives in it. Portions of the castles were open for tours. The inclines down to the castle made the hills in Luxumboug seem like ant hills. And coming back up was a workout, especially while pushing the stroller.

By the way, the boo boo on Colin's face was from school. On Friday, he fell face first on the playground.

From there we traveled up to Koblenz, where the Rhine and Mosel rivers meet.

Colin pretending to be Rocky on the statue of Wilhem at Deutsches Eck.

We had dinner at a resturant a few doors down from our guest house. We didn't realize that they did not take credit cards and couldn't believe that they just told us to come back the next day to pay.

Our last stop was in Cochem. It was a cute town with an amazing castle.