Last Saturday, the 8th, I went with 4 people from my group in Cologne to meet up with 5 people from our program who are studying in Saarbrucken, the capital of the German state Saarland.
We met up in the town of Cochem, a centrally located city on the Mosel River, an amazing, slow paced river filled with wineries and small towns. The way people describe the Mosel is as everything the Rhine wants to be, but cannot. Smaller, slower paced, and the ablity to relax and enjoy yourself. Another difference is a lot more bridges compared to the ferries on the Rhine.
Our group of now 10, after realizing we didn't have time to rent bikes to ride along the river, set out on an amazing hike up to Burg Eltz, a 700 year old castle that has never been destroyed. Hiking through the woods, past the stream, it felt like being in Portland, with lots of green everywhere.
The castle, Burg Eltz, is amazing. Very picturesque and sits on a natural bend in the river which acts as a moat. Inside, on the tour, we saw everything from the bedrooms, the bathrooms, the kitchen, the armory, the meeting room with the symbol of a joker allowing anything to be spoken in the room, and the symbol of a rose to keep what was said in the room in the room.
Lots of pictures, and then on back to the city for some wine tasting and some Doner Kebaps, one of the best and most common meals in Germany.
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