Wednesday, Sept 17th

Sadly today is our last biking day of the trip. The skies are bright and sunny starting off. I am hopeful that the jacket can come off later in the day. Gradually there seems to be few vineyards on the hillsides and more trees. There are not near as many bicyclists on the paths today. I stopped for coffee before crossing the river for another castle visit. The castle is way up on a hill (not the greatest location for bicyclists) overlooking a village on the opposite bank. The castle was worth the trip. Certainly one of the most spectacular cultural heritage sites in central Europe. I crossed back over the river and continue toward Koblenz. My lunch break was in the village of Kobern; a historic old town with a charming market square. Soon I arrive in Winningen; the last wine town on the Moselle. As I was cycling to our hotel in Koblenz, I saw an Aldi’s grocery store. I was dying for some trail mix. They did not have trail mix, but I got some kind of nut assortment and the nuts seemed to have been exposed to sugar.