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18th July 20238th September 2023

Tuesday, 18/07/2023: Cochem to Trier

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!

17th July 20237th September 2023

Monday, 17/07/2023: Cochem Castle

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.

16th July 20233rd September 2023

Sunday, 16/07/2023: Burg Eltz

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.

14th July 202329th August 2023

Friday, 14/07/2023: Luxembourg sightseeing, then train to Cochem

Mosel and the terraced vineyards, from the train

After walking past it the night before, we visited the Bock itself after breakfast.

It packs a punch; if you like crypts, cannons, views, staircases built in stone and secret passages that lead you down a tall spiral staircase, through a long corridor, up another tall spiral staircase and to an alternative escape route out of the fortress, you should visit too. Well worth the price of admission!

Spiral staircase down the secret passage

The corridor — Spiral staircase down the secret passage

13th July 202328th August 2023

Thursday, 13/07/2023: London to Luxembourg

Our trip started with the early Eurostar to Brussels (the train actually goes to Amsterdam, but stops in Brussels and The Hague too).