FERRY TO GERMANY AND A FEW BOTTLES OF MOSELLE

We had a bit of a busman's holiday by going on a boat. It was a very short ride, a hundred metres or so across La Moselle from Wasserbillig in Luxembourg to Oberbillig in Germany. The ferry was very old school. Health and safety, eat your heart out! To be fair they are expecting a new 'electric' ferry any day. The ferry buzzed back and forth, a trip across including loading and unloading took about 5 minutes and cost €0.73.

Loading up with Soraya in the background.

They seem prepared to accept any passengers. I don't think they get many British customers. There are three languages in Luxembourg French, German and Luxembourgish, this part of Luxembourg is ~100% German speaking. Whilst in Schengen and Luxembourg City it was predominantly French. The other big language is English especially with the financial institutions.

Orla, Margaret and Brian taking in the views.

Whilst in Germany we took in a wine cave. We saw a large door with a bell. Press and wait. The door opened, the proprietor appeared and welcomed us into the bottling plant, then into the wine store and tasting room. A few degustations later, not sure what it is called in German, and we staggered out with a mixed case then on the ferry back to Luxembourg.

Margaret having an intense conversation about the nuances of the wine, in German.

Not one of Margaret's core skills, however, I'm sure she understood some parts of it? Tell me again what is the difference between Trockene, Halbtrockene, Rotweine and Sekt?