From Perl I will soon follow the Moselle for a part of the border with Luxembourg. What both sides have in common is the wine that grows on the steep slopes to the left and right of the river. 🍷✨After a few kilometers I leave the river bank and work my way up through the vineyards. What follows is basically a pretty good mix of the first and second leg of my tour. Sometimes it goes over narrow trails and bumpy forest roads through forests, then again over dirt roads and small roads over hills and ridges. It is definitely not boring on this stage - which is perhaps a little bit because you are busy conquering all the vertical meters.After about 2/3 of the stage I meet the Saar for the first time near Mettlach. Nearby there is also the famous Saarschleife - one of the most beautiful river loops in Germany and probably the most popular attraction in the Saarland. And definitely rightly so! I was there two years ago during my hike on the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig and was able to admire the view from the Cloef.This route does not go directly past the Saarschleife, but you can make a detour there if you want. ... and if not, the view from the Vogelfelsen over the Saar, its valley and its densely wooded steep slopes is also a pretty good “substitute”. 🙏 And one that you have to earn hard, because the first part of the ascent is definitely a bit tough.Behind the Vogelfelsen vantage point, it goes uphill for a while, but now it is much flatter. After a last short stop at the Hundscheider Weiher, which is idyllically located in the forest, my stage destination is soon reached.-----🌜 Overnight: Landgut Girtenmühle
(A great, natural and rather alternative campsite that also rents a few very special accommodations: wine barrels and Finnish kotas, i.e. small wooden houses. Breakfast and a bar are available on the campsite, dinner can be ordered via the delivery service.)
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Beautiful

Fantastic 😍

I am excited about your photos. 👍👍👍

Nice photos 👍📷

Can I hire you ..? Awesome

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Great tour - I like it a lot! And great photos - you want to go right away 🤗

Wonderful photos from a great tour 😊👍🙋‍♀️

Hi, I really don't have the words for your "being outside", so I can only say RESPECT and THANK YOU for the great pictures and lines. If you are chased like that, you don't even need to go yourself, all you have to do is sit back and have a glass of wine, really great!

Very nice, this tour around my beautiful home is also on my list

All the rides you have shared from this area are beautiful!