We were not moved on during the night which was great. We caught
up on a bit of paperwork and decided on a walk.John did some research and we drove for ten minutes and stopped. A 7km walk turned into 10km’s but with very varied surface and circumstances. Sometimes little paths among the acorn trees, on roads, on paths between two fields, or wider paths following river beds. A lovely walk but just a few km’s too long.
When reaching the car we had a sandwich then drove back into Echternach to buy diesel as it is the cheapest country in the EU
Across the river and
into Germany. We decided on back roads rather than the highway and
although slower are much more interesting.We drove down a steep road into a town with a very narrow street, only 2m wide at the bottom. We noticed a vineyard where each vine was by itself growing vertically up a stick, not on a trellis per se, this then expanded out along all hills facing south over the river. John asked if the river was called Mosel - and yes it was so this is the German region for growing sweet Riesling. The hills were steep and un-terraced with small railway tracks going up with little trolleys and trailers to carry the grapes down the hill.
We also noticed motor-homes by the hundreds all lined up in their campgrounds with their TV dishes deployed.
As we crept through one of the small towns we saw tours in progress so I guess visitors are here having tours while picking and vintage are in progress.
118km