The long and winding road...

J wanted to visit the Karthäuserhofberg winery close to Trier, so off we went yesterday morning. Only he and the GPS had different opinions about the best route. He wanted us to go along the Moselle. It wanted us to take the shortcut over the mountains.

Finally, after overriding it several times, he gave up and listened to the gps. At first the road winded delightfully through a vineyard. It soon got more narrow though. And steeper. And steeper. Did I mention I'm afraid of heights? I held on för dear life, praying we wouldn't meet the farmer on his tractor...

Finally the road left the vineyards and the terrifyingly steep slopes and pushed into the woods. Enter bumpy gravel roads, low hanging branches and a sign saying maximum 3.5 tons. (We probably weigh 3.45) The road was VERY bumpy. I was beginning to wonder if we'd be stuck up there forever, realizing that no tow-truck could ever come get us, when we started seeing signs of human activity and then finally found a proper road again.

And then, after this ordeal, we couldn't find the Karthäuserhofberg. We had the right address punched in, even tried two different gps-apps, but it simply was nowhere to be found.

So we headed back towards the town of Neumagen where we knew there would be good camping, had dinner and went to bed.

What an anti-climax!

Lovely view. Before it got terrifying.

This doesn't look so bad!

How mistaken we were!

'This could be heaven or this could be hell...'

Bump. Bump. Ouch.

Safe and sound at one of the best campings so far.