Hi Everyone! Sorry we haven't posted in a while, school work is keeping us busy. This weekend we went to the village of Bernkastel. Most people call it Bernkastel-Kues (the village across the river) for a tour and wine tasting.
It was very foggy that morning. The fog actually hung around all day. It was like a shroud and gave the village this magical quality.
Autumn has arrived in Germany. The trees are so beautiful and the villages are very quaint.
Although you can not see it, atop the hill is the castle ruins of Landshut
A view of Bernkastel village center.
When you think of Germany, you think of timbered houses. Bernkastel is the model for many postcards and little clay houses you find as souveiners. The reason the homes look small at the bottom and large at the top is because people were taxed on how big their houses were and they were measured around the bottom. So they made them smaller on the bottom to avoid large taxes.
A view across the river to Kues.
As the fog lightened, we were finally able to see Schloss Landshut.
Let the winetasting begin. A very lovely vineyard and winery, we partciapted in sampling 14 bottles of wine, a liquor made of peaches, a Rothenburg cream that puts Bailey's to shame and some moonshine. Alex looks like he was into his cups.
A view of the vineyard. They handpick all the grapes. And Arnold has thousands of acres.
Hi Everyone! Sorry we haven't posted in a while, school work is keeping us busy. This weekend we went to the village of Bernkastel. Most people call it Bernkastel-Kues (the village across the river) for a tour and wine tasting.
It was very foggy that morning. The fog actually hung around all day. It was like a shroud and gave the village this magical quality.
Autumn has arrived in Germany. The trees are so beautiful and the villages are very quaint.
Although you can not see it, atop the hill is the castle ruins of Landshut
A view of Bernkastel village center.
When you think of Germany, you think of timbered houses. Bernkastel is the model for many postcards and little clay houses you find as souveiners. The reason the homes look small at the bottom and large at the top is because people were taxed on how big their houses were and they were measured around the bottom. So they made them smaller on the bottom to avoid large taxes.
A view across the river to Kues.
As the fog lightened, we were finally able to see Schloss Landshut.
Let the winetasting begin. A very lovely vineyard and winery, we partciapted in sampling 14 bottles of wine, a liquor made of peaches, a Rothenburg cream that puts Bailey's to shame and some moonshine. Alex looks like he was into his cups.
A view of the vineyard. They handpick all the grapes. And Arnold has thousands of acres.