After a couple of days in Luxembourg, it was time to head south.
As I was packing up a fellow cyclists introduced himself. He turned out to be a Russian who had emigrated to Gothenburg in Sweden. He said he was heading south and asked if he could ride with me.
Heading east to the Moselle
We initially headed east towards the Moselle. I had a ‘velo’ map that I had picked up at the Tourist Information shop. The Russian bloke had a map on his iPad. Notwithstanding we had two maps, we managed to get a bit lost. At one point we found ourselves in a wheat field.
Finally getting to the river
We final hit the river and turned south. As we were looking a sign showing the bike path, another cyclists stopped. He was told us that he was from a small village near Luxembourg and had just returned from living in Melbourne for over a year. He had been working in a bike shop that sold Specialized bikes and was very keen to get back to Melbourne on a permanent basis.
Big barges and industry
The river path passed through some very picturesque farm land, but also passed some heavy industry. Some of the barges that we passed were huge.
There are a lot weirs on this stretch of the river. In reality, the river is a series of lakes. The barges have to pass through canals and locks to pass from one lake to the next.
Into Metz
It was late in the afternoon when we arrived in Metz. The Municipal campsite is located right on the river close to the centre of the town.
Good pub
We found a good pub selling craft beers.
Metz is Nice Place
The weather the next day was bit ordinary. I decided to stay put Metz.
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