Zell to Müden - How I Saved My Marriage - CycleBlaze

July 11, 2024

Zell to Müden

another nice breakfast
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Heather was very proud of her coffee art. It's the Mosel River with mountains on each side, a cross section.
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Looking out the back window one last time before we leave.
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Another detour, but the nice thing about riding in this area is that it's not hard to find a way around it because (a) there are so many safe routes because of the infrastructure, and (b) you just follow other cyclists.
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We saw swans every day.
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A close up of the rock wall we rode along for a while.
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The oxbows are interesting. When we were riding to the hotel, at one point we were within a distance of ~2000 feet (600 meters), but it was a 7.5 mile ride.
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Saw this little guy on the path
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Halûk OkurShame, the poor guy has lost an eye...
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Mark BinghamTo Halûk OkurFortunately, it doesn't seem to be slowing him down any....

I think. :-)
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a picture of Heather's thumb, with me accidentally getting in the picture and messing it up
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Heather's favorite sign
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We ate lunch in Ernst, just before Cochem.
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fashionable helmet hair
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Does anyone else think the guy behind me looks like a spy? Or an assassin?

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The castle behind us
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Cochem castle above Cochem
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Calmont vineyard, at 67 degrees, is the steepest known vineyard in the world.
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Across the river from the steepest vineyard are the Kloster ruins from a medieval monastery.
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The funiculars will put a person in the same position as if they're taking off in a rocket.
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We've been seeing a lot of these grotto-like caves, and trying to figure out what they are. Places to store grapes? Wine? Tools? Shelter for animals or humans?
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None of them are very deep.
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Our room in Müden at the Hotel Osterman. It was fairly warm, and they didn't have a fan to offer us, but it was adequate.
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The view wasn't quite as nice as previous hotels.
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Dinner at the hotel restaurant. Müden is such a small town (2.90 sq mi/7.5 sq km, pop. 674) that it's likely that the wine we're drinking (from Müden) was made from grapes grown on the hillside behind us.
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Mark BinghamTo Steve Miller/GrampiesVery good eye. It was done by the famous Renaissance painter Leonardo da Tomata.
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Today's ride: 31 miles (50 km)
Total: 150 miles (241 km)

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