We packed up fairly early this morning and headed out on the hunt for some castles, or schloss in German.
First we drove through our new village to see if it had a tourist information centre..it didn’t, but it does have quite a few pop-up wine bars during grape harvest, and everywhere are the loveliest Autumn displays (I definitely need to bring some of these pumpkins home!)
Our route took us through the heart of the German winelands, and along the way we stopped to admire the grapes and the skill of the grapes pickers…
An added bonus was that this region is full of fruit trees as well! I could live here very, very happily! On the road opposite the grapevines was a huge espaliered apple tree orchard….two of my favourite things next to each other.
Heading back on the road we stumbled across a beautiful ruined castles and then the town of Badenweiler. To me, this is the German equivalent of Bath in England. Very wealthy and you come here to the spa and recuperate from whatever ails you. Apparently a great treatment is the imbibing of much Neue Wein…probably because after a few glasses of this new wine, you don’t remember what was wrong with you in the first place!
Time to head back to our new campsite in Sulzburg. Kamping Alte Sägemühle is a beautiful little place with a water wheel, forests and camping under apple trees…