Well, you just learned that two friends moved to Heidelberg .... one of my best friends Stefan was also visiting Germany briefly on his way from San Francisco to London. We decided to take our car and drive up to Koblenz since we have never been there and meet up with Stefan. On the Autobahn we drove past Mainz and the beautiful wine area towards Koblenz. We passed the Mosel (one of the largest rivers in Germany (that "meets" with the river Rhine in Koblenz) and stopped to take some photos of the scenic Mosel valley.
It is a very fertile valley due to the regular floodings in the spring, primarily fruit orchards in the low land and vineyards on the hill sides.
The hillsides are extremely steep, nevertheless the grape growers planted their vines almost all the way to the top when it is almost vertical. It is a lot of hard work to maintain the vines and harvest the grapes, but this very unique location provides southern exposure with a lot of sun and perfect conditions for the local grape varieties.
A biker was so kind to take a photo of Kathrin and myself. We would have liked to have the Mosel valley in the back drop, but instead you can see our feet :-)
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