Silver Wheel Trek: Sept. 3, on the way to Metz, France

Our bikes needed some maintenance so we left the campground later than usual. We had an awesome break from climbing hills today. We follow the Moselle river and the bike path went along with it. The Moselle river runs between Germany and Luxembourg and ferries make the crossing easier. The view along the path is gorgeous and tasty. We got to pick berries and grapes from some of the vineyards along the path. It was getting pretty hot and late, so we end up staying at Shengen, Luxembourg at the Schengen Chateau pretty much the only place to stay in this tiny town. The whole parking lot was full of Bentleys and Rolls Royces. We enjoyed our most deserved rest.

The next day we followed the bike path that some times switch from Luxembourg to Germany and then we entered France. 5 km before arriving to Metz we met local cyclist who chatted with Us and was very nice to give us all sorts of information about the town and showed us the path up to a municipal campground. He saved us a lot of time and energy since it was super hot and humid. We found a spot in the campground for 10E and. Three blocks from downtown. We chilled out in the shade and the we toured the town and had salads for dinner. We saw a really cool bus of the future.

Ducks came to beg for bread to our tent first thing in the morning, but after tasting our day old baguette, they left disappointed. Another cool thing we saw, a remote controlled travel trailer. It took the owner 4 mins to move the trailer and hook it to his car that was parked on the path and ever so quiet too. Ohh, and yes, they were from the Netherlands.