The charming town of Cochem sits on the Mosel river in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany, known for it’s beauty, slopes of vineyards and the Reichsburg castle that sits on a hill overlooking the town. It’s a popular destination among tourists, mostly older couples doing cross country roadtrips on their RVs or young married couples with a baby or two — just something we observed, as Gab and I hardly saw anyone of our age. The date is the 10th of October. Gab and I made our way to Germany from Switzerland, with two heavy backpacks, missing our train in the process. Actually, we didn’t technically miss the train. We got on in time, but decided to change train coaches, and the moment we got off, we hadn’t realized the train was due to leave that exact moment too. Fortunately, the swiss railway ticket vendor told us not to worry about missing our train because it’s off-peak season, meaning we wouldn’t need to purchase a whole new ticket to get seats, and our train conductor didn’t mind that we were on the wrong train to Germany either. Our Airbnb host offered to pick us up from Cochem’s hauptbahnhof (train station) […]
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