It took us almost 4 hour to reached our destination, looks like everybody wanted to go to Germany this month, we got jam almost everywhere, but fear not, we have lots of time J. Instead of Irritating ourselves, we just decided to make a pit stop for a coffee and some sweet bun, mind you , Ms. Rona made it awkward.
After resting our feet, we continue to drive towards the dream, beautiful view towards Cochem our final destination, a tiny dreamy village along the river Moselle , lies in the height of the Eifel. This beautiful town and its castle were held by the Archbishop of Trier in the beginning of the 12 century, the political and ownership of the town went to the 20th century when they finally granted the Verbandsgemeinde like a member of federal states, as at this moment this cute little town only has about 6000 habitants, and very popular among the tourist. The beautiful pastel colored terrace in fronted houses and restaurant reflecting on the clear river and crowned with romantic castle.
The cruise along the river Mosel is a must, exploring all the fairy tales castles nestled among the Mosel valley, my fave is the Reichsburg Castle, the hike up almost made my lung collapse, but worth the pain. I was surprised to see the crowd despite Ms. Rona still around, but almost all of them wore face mask. ( chapeau to German govt )., this castle was run down for about 200 years before Louis Ravene , businessman bought this castle and rebuilt it in a neo gothic style in 1868 and was finished in 1890, but the family have to sell it to Prussian govt and was used as a Nazi school, and later in 1978 sold to the city of Cochen, we didn’t take the tour guide this time just enjoying the magnificent view from above overlooking the town of Cochem and Vineyard.
Walking down the hill towards Altstadt ( old town) a charming old town, half-timbered houses, and high storeys houses and topped with the Moselle slate tiles, the Baroque styles town hall from 1739 really is beautiful.
The town with narrow cobblestones street, and as the centerpiece the statue of St.Martin topping a fountain, one not going to Cochem without having a couple of glasses of the beautiful wine. And whilst you are there treat yourself with some souvenirs like the Christmas baubles and ornaments.
After having a German meals and beer, we pushed ourselves to wander around the promenade, the beautiful river view , with some homemade and tasty icecream. I didn’t really managed to visit all the sites, but I did a road trip along the river to some nearby little town. Like Karden with the beautiful old white church, and plenty of beautiful medieval villages. I definitely will return once I feel much more better and do more hiking, one thing for sure, Cochem wordt visit and if you like me really in to fairy tales than this place really for you …..
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