Auf Wiedersehen

Sunday, 16th August.

There's been a big change in the weather in the last couple of days...the storm predicted for Thursday night arrived at about 10pm, resulting in a significant drop in the temperature and so it was quite cool when we left Mehring on the Mosel on Friday morning for Saarburg on the Saar, 42kms away via Scwheich, Trier and the confluence of the two rivers. 
A short ride to the town of Serrig and a shorter one to the nearby Aldi shop were all the exercise we managed on Friday afternoon before more rain fell, continuing through the night and for most of Saturday morning before easing enough for a ride into the town.   We took a cable car ride to the top of the hill behind Saarburg, thinking we would have coffee and f.a.c.c.s there but the cakes on offer looked as though they'd been in the cabinet for longer than they should have been so we gave them a wide berth and went down into the town.  

Once we'd parked and locked up the bikes we strolled around the town in search of a cafe away from the crowds in the main square and found one with some of the best cakes we'd seen and eaten, so good we were tempted to have seconds but resisted the temptation!  We'd had to take shelter from the rain during our wander and rode back to camp in a light drizzle. 

  

Less than an hour after leaving Saarburg this morning, we  once again crossed the Mosel River 

which forms part of the border between Germany and Luxembourg, for the drive through Luxembourg to Belgium, stopping only for fuel at Petange. 

The only stop we made in Belgium was at a boulangerie for a couple of bread rolls for our lunch.