We smashed breakfast. The stern Egyptian walked through multiple times smiling at no one. Just get his coffee cup filled up. Coffee did not improve his disposition.

We ensured we had plenty of snacks for the day too from the breakfast bar!

Leaving I threw my rain jacket on, as it was spitting, but also warmer than the trip so far. I had bare legs for the first time!

Retracing our steps back to the bridge crossing over the Moselle River, passed by four tourist buses next to one Vikings boat. They sure fit a lot of people on those boats.

Today we rode through many villages. Weaving our way through narrow lanes. We fancied this sign.

In Pfazel there is an old Roman fortified palace, or sections thereof.

Interesting statue crossing the river.

Do you fancy some chemicals in your wine? A very imprecise science watching the helicopter dumping its chemical load, on the far side of the river, particularly given it was windy.

We stopped to stretch here, admiring the calmness of the river. Vineyards both sides of the river, interspersed by villages.

A local school project. These plots were planted by local students, whose names were on the sign on the left. Each had a little insect box.

Francis of Assisi overlooking his vineyards and rubbish bin.

So many lovely villages.

Interspersed with lovely vistas such as this. We were heading in this direction through the forested area.

This section of path winds its way through a vineyard. You can see they make the most of space, regardless of the slope.

A closer view of the sundial?

This narrow machine fitted in between the rows of grapes and cut the grass.

That is Tony ahead. I stopped here as it was a magic spot, little church to the left, wooded hills in the far side, grapes growing to the right.

The next village with narrow lanes.

Lots of places have wine presses outside.

Local hangout.

Villages and vineyards

The castle high in the hill above Bernkastel.

The Romans built a large fort high on the hill. The aim was to protect the valley from barbarians. under Frankish conquerors the fortress became a castle. It was then besieged, conquered and rebuilt.

I’ve taken this aerial photo from a Mosel tourism site as it highlights above the valley showing where we had ridden earlier. We followed the left bank here.

More villages and vineyards.

Multiple options for eating or drinking. We chose a small cafe and I ordered two hot chocolates. 10 euro cash only. I had 9.85 euro cash and nope, no 15 cent discounts. So I ordered one.

We rounded the final river bend and see our overnight destination Traben-Trarbach. Two towns, either side of the Moselle joined by one big old bridge.

We had planned to walk back into town after settling in but then it poured with rain and we decided to chill. then the sun came out but we still chilled.

Super friendly staff here, nice and welcoming, great room, good bike storage, great dinner.

Clothes drying. Socks, bra are drying on the heated towel rack in the bathroom. Everything was dry within a few hours.

Just before bed, I stuck my head out the window and that is the river lower left. Lovely coloured forest above the river.

Tomorrow night we will be at the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine having travelled its entire length.

Today was 94 km, and we have now ridden 579 km in 6 days since leaving Ben’s place in Switzerland.

Another super chilled riding day along beautiful pathways and villages.