As you drive away from the Mosel you can look back down the river valley and it is truly spectacular, with the vinyards lining the hills as far as you can see.





Here are our hosts swapping some secrets in the Greek restaurant the first night we arrived in Diehlheim.

Todd, the barman, in his awesome mahogany bar in the rental house in Diehlheim. Yes, it is part of their furniture to be shipped if and when they get assigned back to the States.

Closing out this piece is a very nice sunset from the porch of their house. The weather to date has been 70s with rain every day and cool at night. Right now at 8 pm in Ramstein it is about 62 and just clearing from another shower. As we head back up to the river tomorrow it is supposed to be 61 for the high and maybe more showers.

Because of the good connection from here at Ramstein, I've posted a bunch of stuff and probably won't be able until the 16th at the earliest as I know the hotel in Paris will have wi-fi; but I might get lucky and hit a site before then.