From Herrstein to Kirn - 14.5kms, our way!

 Today was a much easier day, except for a long hill which seemed to go up, and up, and up. However, we had a very pleasant time, walking through forests, walking alongside fields of ripening grain, and best of all, walking alongside gurgling streams. I was even reminded of the verse from "The Happy Wanderer" - I love to wander by the stream, the gurgles in the sun ...."

A couple of dog walkers, from Munich, having a rest.

Having had a restorative nights sleep, a substantial breakfast, and made lunch from the leftovers (at our hosts suggestion), we were able to wander around the beautiful historical town of Herrstein, something we were incapable of doing last night.  It truly is a lovely town, as you can see from the photos.   




The bendy beams!

Having ambled along to our destination of Kirn, and arriving so early, we couldn't access our accommodation, we had a pick me up of a coke for me and a beer for Edith.  We had a delicious meal of a traditional German pasta, and then, we even had enough energy to explore the town.

Tonight's dinner

This morning we were woken by the bells ringing (at 6am), and ringing, and ringing.  Here in Kirn the bells are striking the hour and half hour, but not sure if they will go all night.  I hope they do, and with all my clocks, I actually tune out to the sound if I'm sleeping.   It is one of the things I love about Europe - the bells.

The Rathaus in Kirn
Our room is above the restaurant where we dined

The Markt place
At one point today we took a short cut - the opposite to the detours we took yesterday!  It saved us quite a lot of walking, and instead took us through the delightful town of Bergen.  We were intrigued by some of the displays, quite a lot of work having gone into them.

This display at the entrance to a house in Bergen has a sign saying "Keep the old and enjoy the new"





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