Ahr Valley

This weekend Haggai and Orly


Jeremy and Deborah



and I

loaded our bikes on the train and took the one hour train ride to the town of Ahrbruch - the end of the line.

This town is located in the scenic Ahr Valley,

a famous region for wine - especially red wines.  After Haggai lost his hat, 15 minutes into our ride, we stopped at a wine tasting. Jeremy kicked back a few too many:

The ride from Ahrbruch wound through very picturesque towns

small vineyards


old train tunnels


and little farms


About one hour into the trip, the gears in my bike seized up

and the rest of the bike ride was like cycling through cement, uphill!  But we pushed on, switching the bad bike

 and making our way down the valley

We stopped briefly in Ahrtor, with its medieval gate for a coffee and weird gelatenous cake

and some grapes

Although it started to get dark


We made it to the ferry by dusk.



The ferry took us across the Rhein to the town of Linz, where we took a train back to Bonn. After the long day we celebrated with a Schnitzel and a Koelsch.

Viel Spass!