things we eat and drink, at home and out and about
On our last day, our only non-negotiable goal for the day was to get ourselves moving from train to train all the way to London. Or more exactly, from bus to train to train, as there was a bus replacement service involved. But more about that later…
Continue reading “Wednesday, 19/07/2023: Trier to London (via Luxembourg and Brussels)”
On this day, we left the cosy town of Cochem and slowly started retracing our steps back to London. Figuratively, that is: we were taking trains, not walking!
And so we again witnessed the terraces on the slopes of the Mosel, and went through the tunnels, and crossed its bridges one more time. I’ll spare you the images and videos—you have more in the earlier posts 😏
Arriving in Trier, a former Roman city and the oldest town in Germany, we felt like stepping back into that hustle and bustle sphere we had left behind in Luxembourg. Suddenly, there was people everywhere, of all ages —not just retired people and young families, and not everyone was on holiday!
Strange sensation!
Continue reading “Tuesday, 18/07/2023: Cochem to Trier”
It was our last day in Cochem and we still hadn’t had the chance to visit any of their wine bars. The shame!
I had bookmarked a few in my early research, but their strange timetables and ours didn’t quite seem to align.
However, after our kaffee und kuchen, we felt energised and determined to walk to this winery on the other side of the Mosel, crossing its imposing bridge, even if we weren’t quite sure of what to expect. Would it be open? Had it been open? Will it be open?
You can imagine what happened next: the place that websites and maps point you to was, in fact, shut.
But there was a sign inviting us to go round the corner and see… And when we went down the steps, we found a nice looking garden, but with a shut gate as well. Ahh! We would not be able to “take our shoes off and sip wine in the garden while the sun sets” as the owner of our hotel had described.
Although… we saw some people drinking wine under a canopy next door. It seemed to be part of the same wine bar, so we tentatively walked into the dark, cool space, and enquired: would it be possible to try out some wines?
Continue reading “Monday, 17/07/2023 (II): Weingut Hieronimi”
Another day in the trip, another castle to visit! Ah, what a hard life!
I’m obviously joking, as I love castles.
This time it was way easier to reach it, and there were no 5 km hikes, as when we went to Burg Eltz!
As we were already in Cochem, we did not need to take any train anywhere: we just needed to walk up to the castle and get in.
Continue reading “Monday, 17/07/2023: Cochem Castle”
This was the day in which we would visit Burg Eltz, one of the two magnificent-looking castles we were looking forward to see during the trip.
But this was in a different town and there were various ways to go from Cochem.
At the end, we chose to go to Moselkern by train and then hike the ~5km to the castle, since the weather was looking nice and we were sure if we didn’t do that we would regret it forever.
Continue reading “Sunday, 16/07/2023: Burg Eltz”