We drove to Bernkastel-Kues which is about 50 km (31 miles) from Trier. We passed vineyards that were growing on steep (really steep!) hills that only a mountain goat can traverse. Manfred explained that machines do the harvesting.
Bernkastel-Kues is a famous winemaking region along the Moselle river. I fought the urge to go wine-tasting as I was still medicating myself due to my colds. When we arrived in Bernkastel-Kues it was like walking into one of the Grimm Brothers fairy tale story. I would not have been surprised had I encountered Hansel and Gretel.
The architecture were similar with that of the old houses in Trier but there was a distinct difference in the air and I didn’t know what it was. Unlike Trier, the people seemed more laid back here. We saw young couples pushing baby strollers chatting with friends; matronly women walking pedigreed pets at leisure; shoppers taking their time to browse. In Trier, everyone seemed to be in a hurry to be someplace.
Finding a place to eat at 4:00 pm was almost impossible. First because the restaurants do not open until 7:00 pm or so; second, many are closed for the winter due to lack of tourists at this time of the year. We found a pizza place finally. What? eating pizza in Germany, you ask. I agree but when you’re famished and have no other options, then pizza it is!
I spotted another scallop shell symbol of the Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James). It was pasted on a pipe and was advertising a Camino tour.
We walked around a little bit more after eating pizza. Bernkastel-Kues is not a very big city so we ended our day as the clouds started to gather and obscure the sun. We decided it was time to go home….
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