Europe 2023 from Frankfurt : 2023-04-30 : Konz

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Type Name Description Service Provider Cost Kms To Date Total Notes Actions
Cycle To Konz - the long way $0.00 61.00 61.00
Accommodation
Type Name Service Provider Confirmation Location Cost Notes Actions
Camp Konz Saarmündung Konz $27.00


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We were planning to go to Saarburg today, which would be a short-ish ride of 36km. I suggested that we could, if we were feeling ambitious, ride about 54 instead and go all the way through to the Mosel, and then west on the Mosel to the nearest campground. Either way we’ll reach Trier in just a few kilometers tomorrow.

I looked up Saarburg to see if there was anything worth stopping to see there, and HOLY SNAP - the place looked really pretty so we decided we’d better at least stop for a look around and probably stay there.

It’s a long weekend so most things are closed down. We were fortunate to find an open ice cream shop in Mettlach when I accidentally took us across the river from our route.

We were still riding along the Saar today, but it was prettier and more interesting than the last couple of days. At one point the Saar takes a long trip to the west and then turns around and comes all the way back east. At the very end, where the river turns back, Brent spotted a mystery thing way up on the hill. Turned out it was the Treetop Walk Saarschleife, which seems to be a sky walk similar to the one they put in at the Columbia Icefield.

Anyway, we reached Saarburg, and to my dismay, the only route to the campground would take us through a tunnel, which I wasn’t keen on. It was early so we decided to have a look around town before trying to get to the campground. Saarburg was even MORE BEAUTIFUL than the pictures I’d seen! It’s definitely a tourist destination, so it was very busy, but well worth the stop. It reminded me a little of Mont St Michel, and it reminded Brent a little of Rovinj (Croatia).

We grabbed lunch at one of the many restaurants open there today (yay) and then I suggested eschewing the campingplatz beyond the tunnel and riding on to the Mosel. It was only about 2:30pm, so we had lots of time to make the extra 20km.

When I plotted the route, we realized that we had to take a ferry to get across the Mosel to get to the campground. I looked up the ferry and the website said it runs until 8pm on Sundays and holidays, so no problem - off we went.

When we reached the ferry dock, however, it appeared that the ferry had stopped for the day. The sign said it stopped running at 4:50 - much earlier than the 8pm the website said. But we were there at 4:30 so it should still have been running. It was not. After humming and hawing about what to do, and having horrible visions of stealth camping somewhere, I found a campground a few kms east at Konz. We decided to go for it. It’s not really a cycle/tent friendly place, but we managed to eke out a small plot. One thing that was interesting is that they have a self-check-in kiosk to terrorize Brent (who much prefers dealing with humans). The entire ride was close to 61km. Our longest yet on h this trip, but I’m sitting on a patio drinking a beer now so I think I’ll get over it.


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