April 13
"arduous"
Beautiful countryside (above!), most vineyards ever, even on both sides. So winding, went over 140 Mosel km - nearing desparation towards the end of it because I expected it to only be 90 or so km (see below, Cochem is N of the red square, by the number 3 - Trier is to the SW). Saw rocky cliffs overhang the Moselle for first time.
Splurged in Trier w/ hotel (Jugendherberge was full) and nice dinner. The owner could speak English quite well. I had asked him if I could pay to pitch a tent on his property - he compromised and gave me a smaller room at a reduced fare. When I told him of how tiring the day's journey had been, he replied to me that only "die Freaks" attempt to cycle all the way from Cochem to Trier in one day. As the crow flies, it looks deceptively short, but the snaking around the Rhein makes it arduously long. Asked attractive movie theater clerk if she was doing anything later, but she was busy. There was some sort of Erotik-Messe (Erotic Fair) going on but I thought it would be a pain in the ass to figure out how to get to it and I needed my rest for the next day's journey.
Internet 1
Ice Cream 0.70
Tram 6
Internet 1
quince, Schweinrücken 40
Hotel am Ufer 43