Moselle valley

dinner at the camp site restaurant on the Moselle near Koblenz

typical view of the valleys

Castle Eltz (where else?)

we left the car in the car park this time!

in the courtyard of the castle

a castle we saw from a supermarket car park (we stocked up today)

lunch village

Trier from the Roman Black gate

I meet a Roman!

The Black gate

Trier Cathedral

Moselle Valley - August 31

A whole day drive along the Moselle river valley, longer than the section of the Rhine we drove along yesterday.  The weather wasn't so good, cloudy and cooler than the last few days.

We decided to visit one of the many castles in the area so went to Castle Eltz, begun 1,000 yrs ago and has been in the same family for 30 generations.  It was an amazing place, as you see from the photos.  We had a guided tour but couldn't take photos inside.  This castle really captured the flavour of a medieval castle, 3 branches of the family had 'houses' in the castle complex, the room shapes dictated by the rock.

Then we drove along the river  looking at the castles and the vineyards... We had lunch at Beilstein, a tiny fortified village in a crevice on the hillside, with a ruined castle above.  We continued to Trier where we visited the Roman remains, the Black gate and the museum.

Then having seen famous German cities, towns, castles, Cathedrals and rivers we decided to go to Luxembourg which is famous for...um...?