As I sit typing this, my feet are propped up, I’m gazing upon a peaceful river cradled by hills, and I’m drinking the fabulous “Refresher” cocktail served at Haus Lipmann in Beilstein, Germany. Yesterday I drove from Frankfurt to Beilstein, a sleep little village on the banks of the Mosel, with my friend K, whom I’ve discovered is a great travel companion. Everything is a little adventure and I’m lovin’ it!
After a lazy morning (we decided we deserved it after our hard work this week), we wandered the cobbled backstreets of Beilstein and ended up ascending the hill to Burg Metternich. Now, after climbing all those stairs and walking the town twice over, we’ve rewarded ourselves with a sit-down and a bottle of Reisling (local Mosel variety, of course!). The sun is setting, the rain clouds are moving in, the ducks and swans are swimming to and fro with an occasional quacky fracas, the whir of a passing car interrupts every now and then, and I can hear the soft scratch of K’s pencil as she sketches next to me. Life is good.
Compared to my last trip to Germany in December when everything was covered in snow and all I saw was the view from a train, it’s as if Germany has come out of hiding. We awoke to busily chirping birds and a soft breeze through our windows. Lilacs, viburnum, tulips, and geranium are in bloom, bursting out of beds and window boxes at every turn.
I can’t wait to spend the next days experiencing the countryside. For now, the drops are starting to fall, so I’ll retire the iPad and instead concentrate on my wine.
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Absolutely beautiful ~ thanks for sharing! (good to see you here!)